smother是什么意思
2024-02-10 03:37:16
smother
v. 窒息；闷死；用沙等闷住火；忍住；厚厚地或大面积地覆盖
过去式：smothered 过去分词：smothered 现在分词：smothering 第三人称单数：smothers
近义词：stifle，suffocate，asphyxiate，choke，suppress，repress，oppress，overwhelm，overpower，restrict，hide，check，holdback，muffle，strangle，silence，dampen，damp，quell，inhibit，extinguish，putout，maresnest，clutter，jumble，surround，fuddle，welter，muddle，
双解释义
v.(动词)
- vt. 使窒息，使透不过气 stop air from reaching a person or thing
- vt. 覆盖 cover thickly or completely
- vt. 忍住，抑制 keep back,suppress (ones anger,etc.)
- vt. 闷住，闷熄 put out (a fire), cause (a fire) to burn slowly,by covering it with ashes,sand,etc.
英英释义
Noun
- a confused multitude of things
- a stifling cloud of smoke
Verb
- envelop completely;
"smother the meat in gravy"
- deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow" "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
- conceal or hide;
"smother a yawn" "muffle ones anger" "strangle a yawn"
- form an impenetrable cover over;
"the butter cream smothered the cake"
- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion;
"smother fires"
组词搭配
～+名词
- smother a yawn忍住哈欠
- smother ones grief抑制悲痛
例句
用作动词(v.)
- They smother his better instinct.这些声音窒息了他的良知。
- He smothered the baby with a pillow.他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
- Its better to smother the fire with the earth.最好用土把火掩熄。
- 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 youll smother it.在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。
- We tried to smother our laughter.我们强忍住笑。
- I just managed to smother a yawn.我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。
- He could hardly smother his anger.他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。
- In some of James fiction motive seems to smother event.在詹姆斯的一些小说里动机似乎把情节掩盖住了。