词性及解释
vt.
使喘不过气, 使窒息, 闷熄, 忍住, 抑制, 覆盖
vi.
窒息, 被抑制
n.
浓烟, 窒息状态, 杂乱无章
【法】
抑制, 遏制, 掩盖; 闷死, 使窒息, 被窒息
词形变化
动词过去式: smothered
过去分词: smothered
现在分词: smothering
第三人称单数: smothers
英英解释
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1.
n.a stifling cloud of smoke
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2.
v.conceal or hide
[例]
○ smother a yawn
○ muffle one's anger
○ strangle a yawn
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3.
v.envelop completely
[例]
○ smother the meat in gravy
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4.
v.deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
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5.
v.deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
[例]
○ Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
○ The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
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6.
v.form an impenetrable cover over
[例]
○ the butter cream smothered the cake
常用词组
习惯用语
例句
1.
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.
[ ESP passive]choke sth(up)(with sth);block or fill(a passage,space, etc);clog or smother sth
(尤用于被动语态),阻塞,充满(通道、空间等);填满某物;窒息某物
3.
He HAD to smother a giggle.
他得抑制住自己,不咯咯地笑出声来.
4.
Don't put that cloth over the Baby's face, you'll smother HIM!
不要把那块布盖在婴儿的脸上，你会把他憋死的!
5.
The parents tried to smother up HIS son's crime.
这两个家长想给其儿子掩盖罪行。
6.
It's better to smother the fire with the earth.
最好用土把火掩熄。
7.
Oil May smother small microscopic life, often the young of marine species.
油会窒息很小的微生物，通常是幼小的海洋生物。
8.
The instinct of self-preservation warned him to batten down his hatches, to smother the fire with want of air
自卫的本能警告他用木条把仓门钉好，把火头闷熄，不要闯出大祸来。
9.
They try to smother the flames with a damp blanket
他们试图用湿毯子把火扑灭。
10.
They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket.
他们试图用一条湿毯子去灭火。
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