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单词 smother
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smother
smʌðəʳ ˈsmʌðər
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense smothers, present participle smothering, past tense , past participle smothered
1 VERB ()闷熄 If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. ()闷熄
  • The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames. [VERB noun]

    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. 使透不过气来;使窒息;闷死
  • A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital. [VERB noun]

    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。

SYN suffocate, choke, strangle, stifle
3 VERB 盖满;完全覆盖 Things that smother something cover it completely. 盖满;完全覆盖
  • Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them. [VERB noun]

    一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗,我们就得把它们移走。

smothered
  • ...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. 宠爱;溺爱
  • She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love. [VERB noun]

    她十分疼爱自己的孩子,几乎到了溺爱的程度。

  • ...a smothering, overprotective mother. [VERB-ing]

    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. 压抑,控制(感情或反应)
  • She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity. [VERB noun]

    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. [VERB-ed]

    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. 压制,钳制,扼杀,镇压 (某种活动或过程)
  • Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation. [be VERB-ed]

    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. [VERB noun]

    波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。

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