Smother

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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    使窒息,使透不過氣來;把...悶死

                      The victim was smothered to death.

                      受害人被窒息致死。

          2.    (用灰等)悶熄;悶住(火)[(+with)]

                      He smothered the flame with a wet blanket.

                      他用一條濕毯將火焰悶熄。

          3.    忍住,抑制;扼殺

                      She tried to smother her sobs.

                      她想忍住不哭。

          4.    掩飾[(+up)]

                      He attempted to smother up a scandal about his family.

                      他企圖掩飾有關他家庭的醜聞。

          5.    厚厚地覆蓋[(+in/with)]

          6.    把...鎮服;使大敗

          7.    過多地給予[(+with)]

                      Mary smothers her children with too much love.

                      瑪麗溺愛自己的孩子。



vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)



          1.    窒息;悶死

                      I'm smothering in this stuffy room.

                      在這個悶熱的房間裡我透不過氣來。

          2.    被掩飾;被抑制;被扼殺



n. (名詞 noun)



          1.    令人窒息的濃煙(或霧氣、塵埃等)[the S]

                      The air is polluted with the smother of traffic and industrial smog.

                      空氣被令人窒息的車輛廢氣和工業煙霧污染了。

          2.    窒息狀態;被抑制狀態能





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