suffocating
US
UK suffocating adj: (stifling)
SC 令人窒息的 lìng rén zhì xī de
Stay inside if you can; it's suffocating outside today.
suffocating adj: figurative (too controlling) (比喻)
SC 压制得让人喘不过气的，束缚的，令人窒息的 yā zhì de ràng rén chuǎn bú guò qì de，shù fù de，lìng rén zhì xī de
Hannah ran away from home because her parents were suffocating.
suffocating adj: informal (atmosphere: hot and stuffy) (非正式用语)
SC 令人气闷的 lìng rén qì mèn de
The classroom was suffocating after the air conditioner broke.
suffocate [sb/sth] vtr: (kill by depriving of oxygen)
SC 闷死 mèn sǐ
SC 使窒息而死 mèn sǐ，shǐ zhì xī ér sǐ
The murderer suffocated his victims.
suffocate vi: (die from lack of oxygen)
SC 窒息而死 zhì xī ér sǐ
The man panicked, feeling that he might suffocate in the tiny room.