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smothered

smothered

v.

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1. VERB 将(火)闷熄 If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. 
  • The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.

    女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。

2. VERB 使…透不过气来;使…窒息;闷死 To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe. 
  • A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.

    一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己 6 周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。

3. VERB 盖满;完全覆盖 Things that smother something cover it completely. 
  • Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.

    一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗,我们就得把它们移走。

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  • ...a hundred-year-old red-bricked house almost smothered in ivy...

    一座有着百年历史、几乎完全被常春藤所覆盖的红砖房

  • Make sure that your meal won't be smothered with white sauce.

    千万不要把自己的饭菜上都涂满白汁沙司。

4. VERB 宠爱;溺爱 If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much. 
  • She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.

    她十分疼爱自己的孩子,几乎到了溺爱的程度。

  • ...a smothering, overprotective mother.

    对孩子过分溺爱、过度保护的母亲

5. VERB 压抑,控制(感情或反应) If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it. 
  • She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.

    她抑制着心中的自怜,将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。

  • ...smothered giggles.

    忍住的咯咯笑

6. VERB 压制,钳制,扼杀,镇压 (某种活动或过程) If an activity or process is smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing. 
  • Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation...

    在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。

  • The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.

    波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。

Adjective

1. held in check with difficulty;

  • "a smothered cough"
  • "a stifled yawn"
  • "a strangled scream"
  • "suppressed laughter"

2. completely covered;

  • "bonnets smothered with flowers"
  • "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"
1. In autumn the grass is smothered with leaves.
秋天草地上盖满了枯叶。

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. The fire is smothered by ashes.
火被灰闷熄了。

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. The killer smothered the victim with a pillow.
杀人犯用枕头闷死了受害者。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

4. The recommendation of the commitee was smothered up.
委员会的建议被扣压下来。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》