smother ['smʌðə]

v.
窒息

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单词 smother 网络释义

及物动词 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。
不及物动词 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
名词 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

单词 smother 其它相关

单词解释
vt. 使喘不过气,使窒息,闷熄,覆盖,抑制,忍住
vi. 窒息,被抑制
n. 浓烟,窒息状态,杂乱无章
1> a. To suffocate (another). b. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.
2> To conceal, suppress, or hide: Management smothered the true facts of the case. We smothered our indignation and pressed onward.
3> To cover (a foodstuff) thickly with another foodstuff: smother chicken in sauce.
相关例句
The gas almost smlthered the coal miners but they got out in time.
　 煤矿工差点被瓦斯闷死，好在他们及时逃出。
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！
The unhappy woman smothered her own baby with a pillow.
　 那个不幸的妇女用枕头闷死自己的婴儿。
He smothered the fire with sand.
　 他用沙把火闷熄。
The town is smothered in fog.
　 那个小镇笼罩在雾中。
The country house was smothered with roses.
　 那间农宅掩映在玫瑰花丛中。
She smothered the child with kisses.
　 她吻得小孩透不过气来。
They were smothered by the dust after explosion.
相关短语
smother (up) a yawn 忍住呵欠
smother (up) a crime 把罪行掩盖起来
smothered chicken 炖鸡
smother one's grief 抑制悲伤
单词变化
时态: smothered; smothered; smothering
同义反义
同义词：stifle, suppress, dampen, choke, asphyxiate, suffocate, repress, restrain, damp

单词 smother 其它例句

- 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.
- Management smothered the true facts of the case. We smothered our indignation and pressed onward.
　 管理层隐瞒了这件事的真相。我们暂时压下怒气，继续前进