英语词汇suffocate怎么读，是什么意思，单词翻译、读音、固定搭配用法和短语词组及例句-英汉双解词典

suffocate

sʌfəkeɪt  ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt 

Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense suffocates, present participle suffocating, past tense , past participle suffocated

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. (使)窒息而死;(把…)闷死

He either suffocated, or froze to death. [VERB]

他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。
They were suffocated as they slept. [be VERB-ed]

他们睡觉时窒息而死。

SYN choke, stifle, smother, asphyxiate

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. (使)呼吸困难;(使)憋闷

That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room. [VERB]

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. [VERB noun]

房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。

SYN be short of air, boil [informal] , swelter, be too hot

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. (受)束缚;(受)扼制

After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating. [VERB]

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. [VERB noun]

总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。

SYN be short of air

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单词	suffocate
释义	suffocate sʌfəkeɪt  ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt  Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense suffocates, present participle suffocating, past tense , past participle suffocated 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. (使)窒息而死;(把…)闷死 He either suffocated, or froze to death. [VERB] 他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。 They were suffocated as they slept. [be VERB-ed] 他们睡觉时窒息而死。 SYN choke, stifle, smother, asphyxiate 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. (使)呼吸困难;(使)憋闷 That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room. [VERB] 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. [VERB noun] 房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。 SYN be short of air, boil [informal] , swelter, be too hot 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. (受)束缚;(受)扼制 After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating. [VERB] 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. [VERB noun] 总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。 SYN be short of air Trends of suffocate View usage for:All yearsLast 10 yearsLast 50 yearsLast 100 yearsLast 300 years
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