[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。
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[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。
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[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。
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[VERB 动词]宠爱;溺爱 If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much.
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[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
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[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
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[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.
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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); NAmEˈsmʌðər/verb1smothersb (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。2smothersth/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。3smothersth 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。4smothersb 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。5smothersth 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。smothersmotherssmotheredsmotheringsmother/ˈsmʌðə(r); NAmEˈsmʌðər/
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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 breathing → suffocate: A teenage mother was accused of smothering her 3-month-old daughter.3to stop yourself from showing your feelings or from doing an actionSYN 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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