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suffocate suffix sufficing sufficient sufficient lubrication

suffocate
[英] [ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt] [美] [ˈsʌfəˌket] 生词本

vt.& vi.

vi.

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1. V-ERG (使)窒息而死;(把…)闷死 If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe. 

  • He either suffocated, or froze to death...

    他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。

  • They were suffocated as they slept.

    他们睡觉时窒息而死。

suffocation

  • Many of the victims died of suffocation.

    许多遇难者是窒息死亡的。

2. V-ERG (使)呼吸困难;(使)憋闷 If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe. 

  • That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room...

    这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。

  • The airlessness of the room suffocated her.

    房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。

3. V-ERG (受)束缚;(受)扼制 You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop. 

  • After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating...

    和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。

  • The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy.

    总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。

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. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled;

  • "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"

4. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of;

  • "His job suffocated him"

5. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;

  • "The child suffocated under the pillow"

6. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air;

  • "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"

7. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;

  • "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"

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