smothering

美 [ˈsmʌðərɪŋ]英 [ˈsmʌðərɪŋ]
  • v.扼杀;闷死;抑制;使窒息而死;忍住;(用某物)厚厚地覆盖
  • smother的现在分词
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smothering

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  • 1
    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。

  • 2
    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。

  • 3
    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。

  • ...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

  • 5
    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。

  • 6
    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。

  • 7
    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。

adj

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causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
the choking June dust
the smothering soft voices
smothering heat
the room was suffocating--hot and airless
Synonym: suffocating suffocative

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  1. She remained mute , not knowing that he was smothering his affection for her .

    她保持着沉默,不知道他也正在抑制着对她的感情。

  2. They also fear the rising pressures on the budget could lead to a smothering of consumer spending and exports which have kept the economy afloat so far .

    他们还担心,不断上升的预算压力可能会抑制消费支出和出口,而这两者迄今为止维系了俄经济的正常运行。

  3. He tried to smother the flames with a blanket .

    他试图用毯子把火扑灭。

  4. 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。

  5. 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。

  6. 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。

  7. 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。

  8. 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。

  9. 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。

  10. 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。

  11. We tried to smother our laughter .

    我们强忍住笑。

  12. 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。

  13. 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。

  14. 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

  15. Application of gel Smother Technology in Coal Mine

    凝胶灭火技术在煤矿的应用

  16. It 's better to smother the fire with the earth .

    最好用土把火掩熄。

  17. She should love them without smothering them with attention .

    她对他们的关注应该恰如其分才是。

  18. 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。

  19. 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。

  20. 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。

  21. 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。

  22. Gas smothering system in cargo space

    货舱气体窒息灭火系统

  23. Energy chief to smother coal-fired power plants .

    中国能源部长称,将不再建设燃煤发电厂。

  24. It was intended that the bed would smother me where I lay .

    是有人在有意想用这张床把我闷死在躺着的地方。

  25. Smother flames on a large burn with water or a blanket .

    用水或毯子把较大面积烧伤处的火焰熄灭。

  26. 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。

  27. The storm never let up , continuing to swallow everything with smothering force .

    而风势仍不减弱,以铺天盖地之势席卷、吞没着一切。

  28. He accused his mother of smothering him as a child .

    他指责母亲把他当作孩子来溺爱。

  29. You cannot smother this girl or she will literally get sick of you .

    你不能让这个女孩喘不过气来,否则不夸张地说她会厌烦你。

  30. Put out small fires out by smothering it with baking soda .

    用小苏打窒息灭小规模的火灾。