with obj.
1- kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate使窒息, 把（某人）闷死。
1.1
- extinguish (a fire) by covering it把（火）闷熄。
1.2
smother someone/thing in/with
cover someone or something entirely with用…完全覆盖（人, 物）：rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream.
包裹着厚厚一层松软掼奶油的口味浓郁的桔子冰糕。
1.3
- make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner towards them（因过分呵护而使某人）感到压抑。
1.4
- suppress (a feeling or action)抑制（感情, 行为）：
she smothered a sigh.
她强忍住不叹息。
1.5
- (in sport) stop the motion of (the ball or a shot)（运动中）拦截（球, 射门, 投篮）：
the goalkeeper was able to smother the ball.
守门员拦住了球。
1.6
- cook in a covered container焖煮, 煨：
as adj. smothered smothered fried chicken.焖炸鸡。
- a mass of something that stifles or obscures杂乱的一大堆东西, 一片混乱：
all this vanished in a smother of foam.
所有这一切都消失在一堆泡沫中。
词源
Middle English （as a noun in the sense 'stifling smoke'）： from the base of Old English smorian 'suffocate'.