suffocate
外观
英语
[编辑]词源
[编辑]源自拉丁語 suffōcāre,源自sub- (“在...之下”) + fōx (“喉咙”)
发音
[编辑]动词
[编辑]suffocate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 suffocates,現在分詞 suffocating,一般過去時及過去分詞 suffocated)
- (作格) (使...)窒息,(使...)缺氧
- Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!
- 打开舱口!他在气闸室里要窒息了!
- 2020年11月2日,Jiu Xiao,“Chinese Communist Party Officials Push Anti-U.S. Propaganda While Sending Families to Live in the U.S.”, in Minghui[1]:
- It is because of freedom, one netizen replied: Like air, you may not realize its importance, but when suffocating, you would know how precious it is.
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- (作格) (使...)窒息而死
- He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head.
- 他用枕头盖住妻子的头使她窒息而死。
- 1599,William Shakespeare,“The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio),London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, 出版於 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene vi]:
- Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate.
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- (作格,比喻義) (使...)窒息,(使...)喘不过气,压倒
- I'm suffocating under this huge workload.
- 这一大堆工作让我喘不过气来。
- 1962 April,“London Airport rail link”, in Modern Railways,頁 222:
- If the trend to private cars continues, the more quickly will the road traffic suffocate itself, [...].
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- (及物) 摧毁;压制;熄灭
- to suffocate fire
- 把火盖灭
近义词
[编辑]- (窒息,缺氧): asphyxiate、choke
- (窒息而死): stifle、choke
- (比喻义,喘不过气): drown
- (使缺氧): asphyxiate、choke、smother
- (使窒息而死,闷死): asphyxiate、choke、stifle
- (抑制): smother
衍生词汇
[编辑]相关词汇
[编辑]形容词
[编辑]suffocate (比較級 more suffocate,最高級 most suffocate)
延伸阅读
[编辑]- “suffocate”,Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913年,OCLC 800618302
- “suffocate”,The Century Dictionary […],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,OCLC 867766587
- OneLook 在线词典 上有关 suffocate 的释义
异序词
[编辑]拉丁语
[编辑]动词
[编辑]suffōcāte