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smother v.窒息；闷死；用沙等闷住火；忍住；厚厚地或大面积地覆盖 (1) 这些声音窒息了他的良知。(2) 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。(3) 最好用土把火掩熄。(4) 用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭。(5) 在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。(6) 我们强忍住笑。(7) 我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。(8) 他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。(9) 在詹姆斯的一些小说里动机似乎把情节掩盖住了。 The word smother literally means to deprive of oxygen, so it can be used to refer to someone who gets suffocated by a pillow. In everyday conversation, the word is often used to refer to the act of making someone feel like they’re being deprived of oxygen or personal space. If you have a mother who likes to smother you by asking where you're going every time you see her, then it's likely you’re already dreaming of moving out!

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英 ['smʌðə(r)] 美 ['smʌðər] (1) They smother his better instinct.(2) He smothered the baby with a pillow.(3) It's better to smother the fire with the earth.(4) Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.(5) If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it.(6) We tried to smother our laughter.(7) I just managed to smother a yawn.(8) He could hardly smother his anger.(9) In some of Jame's fiction motive seems to smother event. To smother is to overwhelm or suffocate. If you've ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend who calls you twenty five times an hour to check up on you, then you know what it means to be smothered by someone. 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。

英语单词	smother
英美音标	英 ['smʌðə(r)] 美 ['smʌðər]
中文释义	v.窒息；闷死；用沙等闷住火；忍住；厚厚地或大面积地覆盖
英语例句	(1) They smother his better instinct. (2) He smothered the baby with a pillow. (3) It's better to smother the fire with the earth. (4) Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel. (5) If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it. (6) We tried to smother our laughter. (7) I just managed to smother a yawn. (8) He could hardly smother his anger. (9) In some of Jame's fiction motive seems to smother event.
中文例句	(1) 这些声音窒息了他的良知。 (2) 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。 (3) 最好用土把火掩熄。 (4) 用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭。 (5) 在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。 (6) 我们强忍住笑。 (7) 我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。 (8) 他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。 (9) 在詹姆斯的一些小说里动机似乎把情节掩盖住了。
vocabulary简明	To smother is to overwhelm or suffocate. If you've ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend who calls you twenty five times an hour to check up on you, then you know what it means to be smothered by someone.
vocabulary扩展	The word smother literally means to deprive of oxygen, so it can be used to refer to someone who gets suffocated by a pillow. In everyday conversation, the word is often used to refer to the act of making someone feel like they’re being deprived of oxygen or personal space. If you have a mother who likes to smother you by asking where you're going every time you see her, then it's likely you’re already dreaming of moving out!
柯林斯解释	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。

Smother Verb 动词 [V N Smothered Ed Means