1 VERB 将(火)闷熄 If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. 将(火)闷熄
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
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
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
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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。
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...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)
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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。
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...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)
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