| 单词 | suffocate |
| 释义 | suffocate —suffocatingly, adv. —suffocation, n. —suffocative, adj. /suf"euh kayt'/, v. , suffocated, suffocating. v.t. 1. to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle. 2. to impede the respiration of. 3. to discomfort by a lack of fresh or cool air. 4. to overcome or extinguish; suppress. v.i. 5. to become suffocated; stifle; smother. 6. to be uncomfortable due to a lack of fresh or cool air. [1520-30; < L suffocatus (ptp. of suffocare to choke, stifle), equiv. to suf- SUF- + -foc- (comb. form of fauc-, s. of fauces throat) + -atus -ATE1] |
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