smother
['smʌðə]
v.窒息, 闷死, 用沙等闷住火, 忍住, 厚厚地或大面积地覆盖
例句与用法：
It's potential for good or evil, now and in the years of our lives, smothers exaltations and converts vanity to prayer.
在现在和我们过去的生活中，它都是一柄双刃剑，会使人越来越窒息、也会使人由空虚变得有信仰。
He smothered the baby with a pillow.
他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.
用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭。
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。
词形变化：
动词过去式: smothered | 动词过去分词: smothered | 动词现在分词: smothering | 动词第三人称单数: smothers |
详细释义：
vt.
1. 使窒息, 使透不过气来; 把……闷死
The victim was smothered to death.
受害人被窒息致死。
2. (用灰等)闷熄; 闷住(火)[(+with)]
He smothered the flame with a wet blanket.
他用一条湿毯将火焰闷熄。
3. 忍住, 抑制; 扼杀
She tried to smother her sobs.
她想忍住不哭。
4. 掩饰[(+up)]
He attempted to smother up a scandal about his family.
他企图掩饰有关他家庭的丑闻。
5. 厚厚地覆盖[(+in/with)]
6. 把……镇服; 使大败
7. 过多地给予[(+with)]
Mary smothers her children with too much love.
玛丽溺爱自己的孩子。
vi.
1. 窒息; 闷死
I'm smothering in this stuffy room.
在这个闷热的房间里我透不过气来。
2. 被掩饰; 被抑制; 被扼杀
n.
1. 令人窒息的浓烟(或雾气、尘埃等)[the S]
The air is polluted with the smother of traffic and industrial smog.
空气被令人窒息的车辆废气和工业烟雾污染了。
2. 窒息状态; 被抑制状态