suffocate
['sʌfəkeit]
vt. 使窒息, 使缺氧, 阻碍
vi. 窒息, 窒息而亡, 阻碍发展
例句与用法:
Passengers suffocated in the burning aircraft.
乘客在燃烧的飞机中窒息死亡。
The fireman was suffocated by the fumes.
那个消防队员让浓烟憋死了。
I'm suffocating in here; can't we open a few windows?
我觉得这儿很憋气,咱们开几扇窗户好吗?
词形变化:
形容词: suffocative | 副词: suffocatingly | 名词: suffoca-tion | 动词过去式: suffocated | 动词过去分词: suffocated | 动词现在分词: suffocating | 动词第三人称单数: suffocates |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 使窒息; 把……闷死
The smoke almost suffocated me.
这烟几乎把我窒息死了。
2. 扼制, 压制; 阻碍
vi.
1. 窒息, 呼吸困难; 被闷死
2. 受扼制; 受阻碍