英语词汇“suffocate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

suffocate

/ˈsʌfəkeɪt

verb

1Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe: [no object]: ten detainees suffocated in an airless police cell [with object]: she was suffocated by fumes from the boiler...

The girls, aged three and four, were suffocated by fumes from the fire which started in the ground-floor flat of the three storey Victorian house in Osterley Road.
While climbing out of the window, his neck got stuck and it appears he was unable to breathe and suffocated.
Unable to surface to breathe, they suffocate and drown and are eventually washed onto the beaches along the coast here.

Synonyms

smother, asphyxiate, stifle;

choke;

strangle, throttle, strangulate

be smothered, asphyxiate, be stifled

1.1Have or cause to have difficulty in breathing: [no object]: he was suffocating, his head jammed up against the back of the sofa [with object]: you’re suffocating me—I can scarcely breathe (as adjective suffocating) the suffocating heat...

Caked in cracked dirt and seeping sweat, crawling on all fours, suffocating from the heat, and trying to avoid startled lizards and bats, I cannot help but feel that I am glad they widened the tunnels for us.
Have mercy on me for I am suffocated with this heat.
The heat had suddenly become unbearable; he thought he might suffocate at any moment.

Synonyms

be breathless, be short of air, struggle for air;

be too hot, swelter

informal roast, bake, boil

1.2Feel or cause to feel trapped and oppressed: (as adjective suffocated) I felt suffocated by London...

Trapped, suffocating, and every other clichéd word one can look up in the thesaurus to describe being stranded in this small terraced island in the Pacific.
What Maryna is leaving behind is not obscurity but an oppressive, suffocating fame; not poverty but tiresome social privilege.
The courtyard was completely silent, as it had been earlier, but now the silence seemed oppressive, suffocating.

Derivatives

suffocatingly

adverb ...

But a Spaniard in the works does not fully excuse the torpor and disinterest of England's overall performance, nor a tactical strategy so suffocatingly cautious, so wholly devoid of flair and spirit.
It's typical that his reputation in the suffocatingly highbrow environs of classical music is often that of a composer who's too simplistic or too ‘emotional’.
Again and again in recent months, judges have shown a willingness to throw out trials or grant appeals on grounds that appear suffocatingly narrow or excessively technical.

Origin

Late 15th century (earlier (late Middle English) as suffocation): from Latin suffocat- 'stifled', from the verb suffocare, from sub- 'below' + fauces 'throat'.

单词	suffocate
释义	suffocate /ˈsʌfəkeɪt / verb 1Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe: [no object]: ten detainees suffocated in an airless police cell [with object]: she was suffocated by fumes from the boiler... The girls, aged three and four, were suffocated by fumes from the fire which started in the ground-floor flat of the three storey Victorian house in Osterley Road. While climbing out of the window, his neck got stuck and it appears he was unable to breathe and suffocated. Unable to surface to breathe, they suffocate and drown and are eventually washed onto the beaches along the coast here. Synonyms smother, asphyxiate, stifle; choke; strangle, throttle, strangulate be smothered, asphyxiate, be stifled 1.1Have or cause to have difficulty in breathing: [no object]: he was suffocating, his head jammed up against the back of the sofa [with object]: you’re suffocating me—I can scarcely breathe (as adjective suffocating) the suffocating heat... Caked in cracked dirt and seeping sweat, crawling on all fours, suffocating from the heat, and trying to avoid startled lizards and bats, I cannot help but feel that I am glad they widened the tunnels for us. Have mercy on me for I am suffocated with this heat. The heat had suddenly become unbearable; he thought he might suffocate at any moment. Synonyms be breathless, be short of air, struggle for air; be too hot, swelter informal roast, bake, boil 1.2Feel or cause to feel trapped and oppressed: (as adjective suffocated) I felt suffocated by London... Trapped, suffocating, and every other clichéd word one can look up in the thesaurus to describe being stranded in this small terraced island in the Pacific. What Maryna is leaving behind is not obscurity but an oppressive, suffocating fame; not poverty but tiresome social privilege. The courtyard was completely silent, as it had been earlier, but now the silence seemed oppressive, suffocating. Derivatives suffocatingly adverb ... But a Spaniard in the works does not fully excuse the torpor and disinterest of England's overall performance, nor a tactical strategy so suffocatingly cautious, so wholly devoid of flair and spirit. It's typical that his reputation in the suffocatingly highbrow environs of classical music is often that of a composer who's too simplistic or too ‘emotional’. Again and again in recent months, judges have shown a willingness to throw out trials or grant appeals on grounds that appear suffocatingly narrow or excessively technical. Origin Late 15th century (earlier (late Middle English) as suffocation): from Latin suffocat- 'stifled', from the verb suffocare, from sub- 'below' + fauces 'throat'.
随便看	unreceivable unreceived unreceiving unreceptive unreceptiveness unreceptivity unreciprocal unreciprocated unrecited unrecked unrecking unreckonable unreckoned unreclaimable unreclaimably unreclaimed unreclining unrecognisable unrecognised unrecognition unrecognizable unrecognizably unrecognized unrecognizing unrecognizingly