suffocate
suffocate['sʌfəkeit]vt.1.■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。2.■使窒息，使呼吸困难：to be suffocated with fear害怕得连大气也不敢出3.■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。4.■闷熄：to suffocate the fire with earth用土把火压灭5.■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.1.■被闷死：to suffocate in the water在水中被淹死2.■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。3.■感到气闷4.■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.suffocatedsuffocating
suffocatesuffocate[ˈsʌfəkeit]vt.1.■使窒息, 闷死2.■闷熄(火等)3.■妨碍[阻止]...的发展be suffocated by [with] excitement兴奋得透不过气来词性变化suffocate[ˈsʌfəkeit]vi.1.■闷死, 窒息; 受阻, 发展不了 -catingadj.1.■令人窒息的, 憋人的
继承用法-cation[ˌsʌfəˈkeiʃən]n.1.■窒息[闷]-cator
词性变化suffocate[ˈsʌfəkeit]n.1.■令人窒息物
