smother

smother

['smʌðə]

v.窒息, 闷死, 用沙等闷住火, 忍住, 厚厚地或大面积地覆盖

例句与用法：

It's potential for good or evil, now and in the years of our lives, smothers exaltations and converts vanity to prayer.

在现在和我们过去的生活中，它都是一柄双刃剑，会使人越来越窒息、也会使人由空虚变得有信仰。

He smothered the baby with a pillow.

他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。

Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.

用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭。

If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it.

在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。

词形变化：

动词过去式: smothered | 动词过去分词: smothered | 动词现在分词: smothering | 动词第三人称单数: smothers |

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vt.

1. 使窒息, 使透不过气来; 把……闷死

The victim was smothered to death.

受害人被窒息致死。

2. (用灰等)闷熄; 闷住(火)[(+with)]

He smothered the flame with a wet blanket.

他用一条湿毯将火焰闷熄。

3. 忍住, 抑制; 扼杀

She tried to smother her sobs.

她想忍住不哭。

4. 掩饰[(+up)]

He attempted to smother up a scandal about his family.

他企图掩饰有关他家庭的丑闻。

5. 厚厚地覆盖[(+in/with)]

6. 把……镇服; 使大败

7. 过多地给予[(+with)]

Mary smothers her children with too much love.

玛丽溺爱自己的孩子。

vi.

1. 窒息; 闷死

I'm smothering in this stuffy room.

在这个闷热的房间里我透不过气来。

2. 被掩饰; 被抑制; 被扼杀

n.

1. 令人窒息的浓烟(或雾气、尘埃等)[the S]

The air is polluted with the smother of traffic and industrial smog.

空气被令人窒息的车辆废气和工业烟雾污染了。

2. 窒息状态; 被抑制状态