| 释义 | asphyxiateas‧phyx‧i‧ate /æsˈfɪksieɪt, əs-/ verb [intransitive, transitive] formal    VERB TABLEasphyxiate |
 | Present | I, you, we, they | asphyxiate |  |  | he, she, it | asphyxiates |  | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | asphyxiated |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have asphyxiated |  |  | he, she, it | has asphyxiated |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had asphyxiated |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will asphyxiate |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have asphyxiated | 
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 | Present | I | am asphyxiating |  |  | he, she, it | is asphyxiating |  |  | you, we, they | are asphyxiating |  | Past | I, he, she, it | was asphyxiating |  |  | you, we, they | were asphyxiating |  | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been asphyxiating |  |  | he, she, it | has been asphyxiating |  | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been asphyxiating |  | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be asphyxiating |  | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been asphyxiating | 
to prevent someone from breathing normally, usually so that they die, or stop breathing  SYN  suffocate—asphyxiation /æsˌfɪksiˈeɪʃən, əs-/ noun [uncountable]And I suppose we'd better go and asphyxiate ourselves up at the sulphur springs.Maybe she was hoping to asphyxiate him with carbon monoxide fumes.Sulphur hexafluoride itself is harmless except in a confined space, where it displaces oxygen and can asphyxiate people.
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