smother

英 [ˈsmʌðə(r)]

美 [ˈsmʌðər]

v.  使窒息而死; 闷死; (用某物)厚厚地覆盖; 抑制; 扼杀; 忍住

过去分词：smothered　过去式：smothered　现在分词：smothering　第三人称单数：smothers　

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Collins.1 / BNC.11182 / COCA.10923

牛津词典

verb

• 使窒息而死；闷死
  to kill sb by covering their face so that they cannot breathe
  1. He smothered the baby with a pillow.
     他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
• （用某物）厚厚地覆盖
  to cover sth/sb thickly or with too much of sth
  1. a rich dessert smothered in cream
     涂了厚厚一层奶油的多脂甜点
  2. She smothered him with kisses.
     她劈头盖脑给他一通狂吻。
• 抑制；扼杀；忍住
  to prevent sth from developing or being expressed
  1. to smother a yawn/giggle/grin
     把哈欠忍了回去；憋住不笑出声来；刚想张嘴笑又收了回去
  2. The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered.
     反对党的声音被有效地压制了下去。
• （因溺爱等）使…觉得压抑
  to give sb too much love or protection so that they feel restricted
  1. Her husband was very loving, but she felt smothered.
     丈夫对她百般宠爱，但这让她觉得不自在。
• 把（火）闷熄
  to make a fire stop burning by covering it with sth
  1. He tried to smother the flames with a blanket.
     他试图用毯子把火扑灭。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 将(火)闷熄
  If yousmothera fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out.
  1. The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
     女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。
• VERB 使…透不过气来;使…窒息;闷死
  Tosmothersomeone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.
  1. A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.
     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。
• VERB 盖满;完全覆盖
  Things thatsmothersomething cover it completely.
  1. Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
     一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗，我们就得把它们移走。
• VERB 宠爱;溺爱
  If yousmothersomeone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much.
  1. She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
     她十分疼爱自己的孩子，几乎到了溺爱的程度。
  2. ...a smothering, overprotective mother.
     对孩子过分溺爱、过度保护的母亲
• VERB 压抑，控制(感情或反应)
  If yousmotheran emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it.
  1. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
     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。
  2. ...smothered giggles.
     忍住的咯咯笑
• VERB 压制，钳制，扼杀，镇压 (某种活动或过程)
  If an activity or processis smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing.
  1. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation...
     在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。
  2. The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.
     波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。

英英释义

noun

• a stifling cloud of smoke
• a confused multitude of things
  Synonym:clutterjumblemuddlefuddlemare's nestwelter

verb

• conceal or hide
  1. smother a yawn
  2. muffle one's anger
  3. strangle a yawn
  Synonym:stiflestranglemufflerepress
• envelop completely
  1. smother the meat in gravy
  Synonym:surround
• deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
  1. smother fires
  Synonym:put out
• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  1. Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
  2. The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
  Synonym:asphyxiatesuffocate
• form an impenetrable cover over
  1. the butter cream smothered the cake

双语例句

• Mei paused, pressing her handkerchief to her mouth to smother a few coughs.
  她停了片刻，用手帕掩住嘴咳了两声嗽。
• Again, comparing to the greenhouse, it can either smother you, or help you grow.
  同样用温室来比较，它可以去令你窒息；又可以帮助你成长。
• Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
  一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗，我们就得把它们移走。
• They try to smother the flames with a damp blanket.
  他们试图用湿毯子把火扑灭。
• He could hardly smother his anger.
  他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。
• If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it.
  在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。
• The robber didn't manage to smother his cough and was discovered by security guards.
  盗贼忍不住咳嗽了-下，结果被警卫发现了。
• The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
  女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。
• She tried to smother her sobs.
  她想忍住不哭。
• It was intended that the bed would smother me where I lay.
  是有人在有意想用这张床把我闷死在躺着的地方。