| 正面 | 8419.stifle 英 ['staɪf(ə)l]美 ['staɪfl]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. It may have been a blend of *extufus 'take a steam bath' (source of English stew and stove) and late Latin stuppare 'stop up, plug' (source of English stop and stuff).2. stiff, stuff => stif- + -le (diminutive suffix) => stifle.3. 谐音“使袋封”------把袋子封死，使其窒息而死。vt. 扼杀；使窒息；藏匿vi. 窒息；被扼杀n. （马等的）后膝关节；（马等的）[动] 后膝关节病 例句： 1. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.他赶紧捂住嘴，不让自己笑出声来。 stifle 窒息，压制，扼杀词源不确定，可能最终来自 PIE*steip,压紧，打包，塞满，词源同 stiff,stuff.-le,表反复。引申 词义窒息，压制，扼杀等。 stiflestifle: [14] Stiffle was probably adapted from Old French estouffer ‘choke, smother’. This in turn went back to a Vulgar Latin *extuffāre, which may have been a blend of *extūfāre ‘take a steam bath’ (source of English stew) and late Latin stuppāre ‘stop up, plug’ (source of English stop and stuff).=> stew, stop, stuffstifle (v.)late 14c., "to choke, suffocate, drown," of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of Old French estouffer "to stifle, smother" (Modern French étouffer), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Germanic source (compare Old High German stopfon "to plug up, stuff"). Metaphoric sense is from 1570s. Related: Stifled; stifling." |