suffocate是什么意思

2024-02-12 12:59:17

suffocate

美[sʌfəkeɪt] 英[sʌfəkeɪt]

vt. 使窒息；使缺氧；阻碍

vi. 窒息；窒息而亡；阻碍发展

形容词：suffocative 副词：suffocatingly 名词：suffocation 过去式：suffocated 过去分词：suffocated 现在分词：suffocating 第三人称单数：suffocates

近义词：smother，stifle，choke，asphyxiate，gag，suppress，muffle，throttle，quash，snuffout，strangle，damp，

Verb

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"
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;
"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;
"His job suffocated him"
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air;
"The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
"he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

用作不及物动词(vi.)