smothering

英 [ˈsmʌðərɪŋ]

美 [ˈsmʌðərɪŋ]

v.  使窒息而死; 闷死; (用某物)厚厚地覆盖; 抑制; 扼杀; 忍住
smother的现在分词

现在分词：smothering　

BNC.38517 / COCA.27144

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

adj

• causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
  1. the choking June dust
  2. the smothering soft voices
  3. smothering heat
  4. the room was suffocating--hot and airless
  Synonym:suffocatingsuffocative

双语例句

• Electrical fire needs fire extinguishers, but the smothering agent must be a non-conductor-that is, a material that will not conduct electricity.
  由于电引起的火灾需要灭火器，但是灭火的物质必须是绝缘体，也就是不导电的物质。
• Washington's challenge now lies in finding ways to nurture and encourage these still fragile trends without smothering them in a triumphalist embrace.
  华盛顿目前面临的挑战在于寻找各种途径以培育和鼓励这些依然还显得脆弱的趋势，而不是用胜利者的拥抱将其窒息。
• It was a global smothering of generosity.
  这个全球性的慷慨之举令人窒息。
• Put out small fires out by smothering it with baking soda.
  用小苏打窒息灭小规模的火灾。
• 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。
• But Mr Patel warns that the embrace can become smothering.
  但帕特尔警告，中国人的拥抱可能会令人喘不过气来。
• They also fear the rising pressures on the budget could lead to a smothering of consumer spending and exports which have kept the economy afloat so far.
  他们还担心，不断上升的预算压力可能会抑制消费支出和出口，而这两者迄今为止维系了俄经济的正常运行。
• She should love them without smothering them with attention.
  她对他们的关注应该恰如其分才是。
• Gas smothering system in cargo space
  货舱气体窒息灭火系统
• If something makes you angry, express it instead of smothering it with cigarette smoke.
  如果你觉得某些事情真的让你生气了，就把它当做是阻止你抽烟的事情吧。