suffocate
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