suffocate['sʌfəkeit]

• vt.
  • 把…闷死，使窒息而死：

    In most fires many people got killed not because they were burned to death but because they were suffocated.

    发生火灾时，在大多数情况下，许多人并非死于大火，而是死于窒息。

  • 使窒息，使呼吸困难：

    to be suffocated with fear

    害怕得连大气也不敢出

  • 使感到气闷：

    The tense atmosphere made everybody suffocate.

    大家都被这紧张的气氛搞得透不过气来。

  • 闷熄：

    to suffocate the fire with earth

    用土把火压灭

  • 抑制，扼制；阻止…的发展：

    Greed suffocates humanity and intuitive knowledge.

    贪婪可以灭绝人性和良知。

• vi.
  • 被闷死：

    to suffocate in the water

    在水中被淹死

  • 窒息，透不过气，呼吸困难：

    You will feel to suffocate at the top of the peak,but you never stop.

    在山顶你会感到呼吸困难，可是这时你千万不要停下脚步。

  • 感到气闷
  • 受扼制，受压制：

    The intelligence and wisdom of your children will suffocate if you don't give them enough time and space.

    如果你不给孩子充分的活动自由，他们的聪明才智就会被扼杀。

• 变形:

  vt.suffocated.suffocating