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Smother Smothered Verb 动词   [V N Sth Cover

word smother
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smother

[ˈsmʌðə(r)]smothered, smothering, smothers

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smothered[1000] smothering[526]
窒息(48%),闷死(25%),忍住(17%),用沙等闷住火(5%),厚厚地或大面积地覆盖(5%)
n.窒息状态;令人窒息的浓烟
vt.使窒息;抑制;(用灰等)闷熄;忍住
vi.窒息;被抑制;闷死
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Collins
smother ★☆☆☆☆
/smʌ̱ðə(r)/
1
[VERB 动词]将(火)闷熄 If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out.
  [V n]
  • 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。

2
[VERB 动词]使…透不过气来;使…窒息;闷死 To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.
  [V n]
  • 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。

3
[VERB 动词]盖满;完全覆盖 Things that smother something cover it completely.
  [V n]
  • 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。

smothered
  • ...a hundred-year-old red-bricked house almost smothered in ivy...

    一座有着百年历史、几乎完全被常春藤所覆盖的红砖房

  • Make sure that your meal won't be smothered with white sauce.

    千万不要把自己的饭菜上都涂满白汁沙司。

4
[VERB 动词]宠爱;溺爱 If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much.
  [V n]
  [V-ing]
  • 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。

  • ...a smothering, overprotective mother.

    对孩子过分溺爱、过度保护的母亲

5
[VERB 动词]压抑,控制(感情或反应) If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it.
  [V n]
  [V-ed]
  • 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。

  • ...smothered giggles.

    忍住的咯咯笑

6
[VERB 动词]压制,钳制,扼杀,镇压 (某种活动或过程) If an activity or process is smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing.
  [be V-ed]
  [V n]
  • 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。

  • 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。


Oxford
smother / ˈsmʌðə(r) ; NAmE ˈsmʌðər / verb 1 smothersb (with sth) to kill sb by covering their face so that they cannot breathe 使窒息而死;闷死 SYN
suffocate
He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
2 smothersth/sb with/in sth to cover sth/sb thickly or with too much of sth (用某物)厚厚地覆盖 a rich dessert smothered in cream 涂了厚厚一层奶油的多脂甜点 She smothered him with kisses. 她劈头盖脑给他一通狂吻。 3 smothersth to prevent sth from developing or being expressed 抑制;扼杀;忍住 SYN
stifle
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 The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered. 反对党的声音被有效地压制了下去。
4 smothersb to give sb too much love or protection so that they feel restricted (因溺爱等)使…觉得压抑 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。 5 smothersth to make a fire stop burning by covering it with sth 把(火)闷熄 He tried to smother the flames with a blanket. 他试图用毯子把火扑灭。 smother smothers smothered smothering
smother / ˈsmʌðə(r) ; NAmE ˈsmʌðər /
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smothersmoth‧er /ˈsmʌðə $ -ər/ verb [transitive]
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1to completely cover the whole surface of something with something else, often in a way that seems unnecessary or unpleasantsmother something with/in something noodles smothered in garlic sauce2to kill someone by putting something over their face to stop them breathingsuffocate:  A teenage mother was accused of smothering her 3-month-old daughter.3to stop yourself from showing your feelings or from doing an action SYN  stifle:  The girls tried to smother their giggles.4to give someone so much love and attention that they feel as if they are not free and become unhappy:  I don’t want him to feel smothered.5smother somebody with kisses to kiss someone a lot6to make a fire stop burning by preventing air from reaching it:  We used a wet towel to smother the fire.7to get rid of anyone who opposes you – used to show disapproval:  They ruthlessly smother all opposition.

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