| 单词 | asphyxiate |
| 释义 | asphyxiate (once / 11532 pages) v To asphyxiate is to keep someone from breathing — to suffocate or smother them. Choking on a piece of food can asphyxiate a person. Your body needs to breathe oxygen in order to function, and when it's deprived of oxygen that's called asphyxia or asphyxiation. If a person stops being able to breathe, you can also say they asphyxiate. The origin of this verb is asphyxia, "stopping of the pulse," in Greek, which originally had the same meaning in English, before it came to mean "suffocation." WORD FAMILYasphyxiate: asphyxiated, asphyxiates, asphyxiating, asphyxiation+/asphyxia: asphyxiate/asphyxiating: asphyxiatingly USAGE EXAMPLESIt was a stampede; fast, asphyxiating, precision to go with the pace. The Guardian(Nov 28, 2016) Department spokesman Andrew Wilder says an investigation into Arona’s death indicates he used a piece of clothing to asphyxiate himself. Washington Times(Nov 26, 2016) “Bring them into altitude,” Mastroeni said, “and asphyxiate them in the 60th minute.” Seattle Times(Nov 23, 2016) 1v deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing Syn|Hyper smother, suffocate stifle, suffocate be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen kill cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly 2v impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of Syn|Hyper choke, stifle, suffocate block, close up, impede, jam, obstruct, obturate, occlude block passage through 3v be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen Syn|Hypo|Hyper stifle, suffocate smother, suffocate deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing strangle die from strangulation buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life |
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