| 单词 | stifling |
| 释义 | stifling (once / 1630 pages) 1adj 2n Something stifling makes you feel suffocated. If your mother insists on accompanying you on your first date, that will probably feel stifling. Stifle comes from the Middle English word stuffle, which means to kill by cutting off air. If a dictator's stifling of popular protests, is the action he takes to prevent them from happening. A really hot movie theater is stifling, as is an environment where you never get any space to yourself. Either way, if something is stifling, it's preventing something else from living freely and fully. WORD FAMILYstifling: stiflingly, stiflings+/stifle: stifled, stifler, stifles, stifling/stifler: stiflers USAGE EXAMPLESFrom the outset, St. Thomas played stifling defense, but on offense the team faltered. The New Yorker(Jan 01, 2017) Auburn used a stifling defense to lead by 12 at halftime and stretched that to 17 early in the second half. Washington Times(Dec 21, 2016) He said such a model was used for more than 30 years without stifling the band’s unique character. Los Angeles Times(Dec 10, 2016) 1 adj characterized by oppressive heat and humidity 2the stifling atmosphere Syn sulfurous, sulphurous, sultry hot used of physical heat; having a high or higher than desirable temperature or giving off heat or feeling or causing a sensation of heat or burning n forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority the stifling of all dissent Syn|Hypo|Hyper crushing, quelling, suppression crackdown severely repressive actions bar, prevention the act of preventing |
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