asphyxiate

[英] [æsˈfɪksi:ˌeɪt] [美] [æsˈfɪksiˌet] 生词本
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1. VERB 使窒息;使昏厥 If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly. 
  • Three people were asphyxiated in the crush for last week's train...

    在上周的火车撞车事故中有3人窒息死亡。

  • John Doe died in his bath, asphyxiated by the fumes from a gas water-heater.

    一名男子死于浴室中,死因是吸入燃气热水器中排出的气体导致窒息。

asphyxiation
  • A post mortem examination found that she died from asphyxiation.

    尸检结果发现她死于窒息。

Verb

1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;

  • "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
  • "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;

  • "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;

  • "The child suffocated under the pillow"

医学

  • 1.使窒息