| 释义 |
Verb: suffocate 'súfu`keyt- Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
- smother, asphyxiate - Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- stifle, asphyxiate, choke - Become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
"He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
- choke - Suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
"His job suffocated him"
- choke - Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
- stifle, asphyxiate - Feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
"The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating" - Struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake
- gag, choke, strangle
Derived forms: suffocating, suffocates, suffocated See also: suffocation, suffocative Type of: become, block, buy the farm [N. Amer], cash in one's chips, choke, close up, conk, croak, dampen, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, feel, give-up the ghost, go, hurt, impede, jam, kick the bucket, kill, obstruct, obturate, occlude, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, pop one's clogs, snuff it, stifle, suffer, turn Encyclopedia: Suffocate |