smother
- vt.窒息;扼杀;闷死;抑制;忍住;把（火）闷熄;(用某物)厚厚地覆盖;（因溺爱等）使…觉得压抑
- n.制止;窒息状态;浓雾;窒息物
过去式： smothered 现在分词： smothering 过去分词： smothered 第三人称单数： smothers
smotherverb
使窒息而死；闷死
to kill sb by covering their face so that they cannot breathe
He smothered the baby with a pillow.
他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
（用某物）厚厚地覆盖
to cover sth/sb thickly or with too much of sth
a rich dessert smothered in cream
涂了厚厚一层奶油的多脂甜点
She smothered him with kisses.
她劈头盖脑给他一通狂吻。
抑制；扼杀；忍住
to prevent sth from developing or being expressed
to smother a yawn/giggle/grin
把哈欠忍了回去；憋住不笑出声来；刚想张嘴笑又收了回去
The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered.
反对党的声音被有效地压制了下去。
（因溺爱等）使…觉得压抑
to give sb too much love or protection so that they feel restricted
Her husband was very loving, but she felt smothered.
丈夫对她百般宠爱，但这让她觉得不自在。
把（火）闷熄
to make a fire stop burning by covering it with sth
He tried to smother the flames with a blanket.
他试图用毯子把火扑灭。
smother
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VERB 将(火)闷熄
If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out.The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。
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VERB 使…透不过气来;使…窒息;闷死
To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.
一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己 6 周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。
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VERB 盖满;完全覆盖
Things that smother something cover it completely.Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗，我们就得把它们移走。
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...a hundred-year-old red-bricked house almost smothered in ivy...
一座有着百年历史、几乎完全被常春藤所覆盖的红砖房
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VERB 宠爱;溺爱
If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much.She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
她十分疼爱自己的孩子，几乎到了溺爱的程度。
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VERB 压抑，控制(感情或反应)
If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it.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。
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VERB 压制，钳制，扼杀，镇压 (某种活动或过程)
If an activity or process is smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing.Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation...
在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。
noun
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- a stifling cloud of smoke
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- a confused multitude of things
- Synonym: clutter jumble muddle fuddle mare's nest welter
verb
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- conceal or hide
- smother a yawn
- muffle one's anger
- strangle a yawn
- Synonym: stifle strangle muffle repress
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- envelop completely
- smother the meat in gravy
- Synonym: surround
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- deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- smother fires
- Synonym: put out
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- 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
- Synonym: asphyxiate suffocate
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- form an impenetrable cover over
- the butter cream smothered the cake
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Control study on blood pressures between normal newborns and smother newborns
正常新生儿血压与窒息复苏后新生儿血压的对照研究
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smother The gas almost smothered the coal miners but they got out in time .
v.使窒息；闷死煤矿工差点被瓦斯闷死，好在他们及时逃出。
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Her husband was very loving , but she felt smothered .
丈夫对她百般宠爱，但这让她觉得不自在。
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The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered .
反对党的声音被有效地压制了下去。
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He tried to smother the flames with a blanket .
他试图用毯子把火扑灭。
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She loved her own children , almost smothering them with love .
她十分疼爱自己的孩子，几乎到了溺爱的程度。
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Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation
在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。
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The girl 's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames .
女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。
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The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process .
波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。
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Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants , we have to move them .
一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗，我们就得把它们移走。
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A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital .
一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己6周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。
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Thankfully , it wasn 't smothered in stringy cheese like some pizzas .
幸好它不像有些比萨饼那样上面涂满了难嚼的奶酪。
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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。
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The recommendation of the commitee was smothered up .
委员会的建议被扣压下来。
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It was like being smothered by a feather bed .
这好像蒙了一床鸭绒被，捂得令人窒息。
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The old curmudgeon was talking about the smothering effects of parental duty on creative lives .
那些坏脾气的老人们喋喋不休于父母生儿育女之责任的妨碍性效应。
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We tried to smother our laughter .
我们强忍住笑。
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This new breed of relative is well-off and always on hand to smother nephews and nieces with love and very expensive gifts .
这个新的亲戚群族手头宽裕，而且随时愿意用爱和价格不菲的礼物宠溺他们的外甥或侄子女。
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He smothers his hair with grease , eg hair-oil .
他用发腊擦头发。
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All animals are smothered in their lairs .
所有的小生灵都躲在巢穴里冬眠
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Gas smothering system in machinery space This instrument unit is cylindrical .
机舱惰性气体灭火装置这个仪器舱是个圆柱体。
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Application of gel Smother Technology in Coal Mine
凝胶灭火技术在煤矿的应用
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It 's better to smother the fire with the earth .
最好用土把火掩熄。
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How long shall my mind remain smothered in this blight ?
我枯竭的思想还能在这个地方持续多久？
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She should love them without smothering them with attention .
她对他们的关注应该恰如其分才是。
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He smothered his feelings as best he could .
他尽可能地抑制自己的感情。
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The particular interests outweigh or smother the common good .
特殊利益会扼杀或凌驾于公共利益之上。
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is smothered by the world 's greatest ice sheet .
蕴藏着世界上最大的冰原地带
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But we must not smother their gift to us of different models of being alive .
但我们绝不应扼杀它们对我们的馈赠，那就是不同的存在模式。
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A satellite image showed an opaque patch smothering the regionaround Beijing .
在卫星图像中，北京周边地区呈浑浊状态。