smother是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe -- 悶死，使窒息

  • They threatened to smother the animals with plastic bags. 他們威脅要用塑膠袋把這些動物悶死。

  • Snow soon smothered the last of the blooms. 不久大雪便扼殺了最後的花朵。

  • figurative I tried desperately to smother a sneeze (= I tried not to sneeze) during his speech. 他發言的時候，我努力控制自己不打噴嚏。

  • I threw a blanket over the stove to smother the flames. 我丟了一條毯子蓋在爐子上，把火悶熄。

• 1 to prevent something from developing or growing freely -- 抑制；扼殺

  • The latest violence has smothered any remaining hopes for an early peace agreement. 最新的暴力事件扼殺了及早締結和平協定的僅存希望。

  • I think she broke off their engagement because she felt smothered by him. 我想她解除婚約是因爲她感覺他的愛快要讓她窒息了。