suffocate
suffocate
verb
suffocatingly
adverb
suffocation
noun
语源
verb
- die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe
（使）窒息而死；（把…）闷死
[no obj.]ten detainees suffocated in an airless police cell.
10个被拘留者被闷死在不通风的警所牢房里。
[with obj.]she was suffocated by fumes from the boiler.
她被锅炉冒出来的浓烟闷死。
■have or cause to have difficulty in breathing
（使）窒息，（使）呼吸困难
[no obj.]he was suffocating, his head jammed up against the back of the sofa.
他的头被沙发靠背挤住，呼吸困难。
[with obj.]you're suffocating me—I can scarcely breathe.
你要把我闷死了，我几乎不能呼吸了。
[as adj. suffocating]the suffocating heat.
令人窒息的闷热。
■(figurative)feel or cause to feel trapped and oppressed
(喻)（使）感到被压抑（或遏制）
[asadj. suffocated]I felt suffocated by London.
伦敦使我感到压抑。
suffocatingly
adverb
suffocation
noun
语源
- late 15th cent. : from Latin suffocat- 'stifled', from the verb suffocare, from sub- 'below' + fauces 'throat'
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