| 正面 | 12904.suffocate 英 ['sʌfəkeɪt]美 ['sʌfəket]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1、pro- "forward" + pell- "drive, push" + -er.2、含义：push forward, drive forward, drive forth.vi. 受阻，受扼制；窒息vt. 压制，阻碍；使……窒息 例句： 1. The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy.总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。 suffocate 使窒息，闷死来自拉丁语 suffocare,窒息，扼住咽喉，来自 suf-,在下，fauces,喉咙，词源同 faucet,水龙头。 suffocatesuffocate: [16] To suffocate someone is etymologically to press down their ‘throat’. The word comes from the past participle of Latin suffocāre, a compound verb formed from the prefix sub- ‘under, down’ and faucēs ‘throat’ (source of the English technical term faucal ‘of the throat’ [19]). The origins of faucēs are not known.=> faucalsuffocate (v.)early 15c. (transitive), "deprive of air, choke, kill by preventing access of air to the lungs," also figurative, "stifle, smother, extinguish," from Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare "to choke" (see suffocation). Intransitive use, "become choked, stifled, or smothered," is from 1702. Related: Suffocated; suffocating." |