smother

英['smʌðə(r)] 美['smʌðər]
  • v. 窒息；闷死；用沙等闷住火；忍住；厚厚地或大面积地覆盖
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星级词汇:
  • smock n.女式罩衫；工作服v.罩

详细释义

    v. (动词)
    1. vt. 使窒息，使透不过气 stop air from reaching a person or thing
    2. vt. 覆盖 cover thickly or completely
    3. vt. 忍住，抑制 keep back,suppress (one's anger,etc.)
    4. 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:
  1. a confused multitude of things

  2. a stifling cloud of smoke

Verb:
  1. envelop completely;

    "smother the meat in gravy"

  2. 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"

  3. conceal or hide;

    "smother a yawn"
    "muffle one's anger"
    "strangle a yawn"

  4. form an impenetrable cover over;

    "the butter cream smothered the cake"

  5. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion;

    "smother fires"

双语例句

1. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
她抑制着心中的自怜，将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Don't put that cloth over the baby's face, you'll smother him!
不要把布盖在那个婴儿脸上, 会使他窒息的!

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket.
他们试图用一条湿毯子去灭火.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. I just managed to smother a yawn.
我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. We tried to smother our laughter.
我们强忍住笑.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. They smother his better instinct.
      这些声音窒息了他的良知。
    2. He smothered the baby with a pillow.
      他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
    3. It's better to smother the fire with the earth.
      最好用土把火掩熄。
    4. Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.
      用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭。
    5. If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it.
      在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。
    6. We tried to smother our laughter.
      我们强忍住笑。
    7. I just managed to smother a yawn.
      我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。
    8. He could hardly smother his anger.
      他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。
    9. In some of Jame's 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。
    用作动词 (v.)
    用作及物动词 S+ ～+n./pron.
    1. Don't put that cloth over the baby's face,you'll smother him!
      不要把布盖在那个婴儿脸上，会使他窒息的！
    2. I just managed to smother a yawn.
      我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。
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    3. In autumn the grass is smothered with leaves.
      秋天草地上盖满了枯叶。
    4. The fire is smothered by ashes.
      火被灰闷熄了。

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