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suffocate vt.使窒息；使缺氧；阻碍vi.窒息；窒息而亡；阻碍发展 (1) 但它们确实也会因为缺少空气而窒息。(2) 浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。 Suffocate can also mean to die from lack of oxygen. If you’re a miner who gets trapped in a collapsed mine, you'll likely suffocate. Less seriously, if the ventilation system is turned off in your school, you might feel as though you'll suffocate. And if your art teacher insists that you produce Dadaist paintings, you may feel that she's trying to suffocate your talent.

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英 ['sʌfəkeɪt] 美 ['sʌfəkeɪt] (1) But they do suffocate from a lack of air.(2) The stale air made us suffocate. When you suffocate, you struggle for breath, either because you’re being choked to death or because you’re in a stifling room. You can also suffocate in a figurative sense anytime something is restricted. 1[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)窒息而死；(把…)闷死 If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe.   [V]  [be V-ed]He either suffocated, or froze to death...他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。They were suffocated as they slept.他们睡觉时窒息而死。suffocationMany of the victims died of suffocation.许多遇难者是窒息死亡的。2[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)呼吸困难；(使)憋闷 If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe.   [V]  [V n]That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room...这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。The airlessness of the room suffocated her.房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。3[V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](受)束缚；(受)扼制 You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop.   [V]  [V n]After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating...和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。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。

英语单词	suffocate
英美音标	英 ['sʌfəkeɪt] 美 ['sʌfəkeɪt]
中文释义	vt.使窒息；使缺氧；阻碍 vi.窒息；窒息而亡；阻碍发展
英语例句	(1) But they do suffocate from a lack of air. (2) The stale air made us suffocate.
中文例句	(1) 但它们确实也会因为缺少空气而窒息。 (2) 浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。
vocabulary简明	When you suffocate, you struggle for breath, either because you’re being choked to death or because you’re in a stifling room. You can also suffocate in a figurative sense anytime something is restricted.
vocabulary扩展	Suffocate can also mean to die from lack of oxygen. If you’re a miner who gets trapped in a collapsed mine, you'll likely suffocate. Less seriously, if the ventilation system is turned off in your school, you might feel as though you'll suffocate. And if your art teacher insists that you produce Dadaist paintings, you may feel that she's trying to suffocate your talent.
柯林斯解释	1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)窒息而死；(把…)闷死 If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe. [V] [be V-ed] He either suffocated, or froze to death... 他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。 They were suffocated as they slept. 他们睡觉时窒息而死。 suffocation Many of the victims died of suffocation. 许多遇难者是窒息死亡的。 2 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)呼吸困难；(使)憋闷 If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe. [V] [V n] That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room... 这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。 The airlessness of the room suffocated her. 房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。 3 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](受)束缚；(受)扼制 You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop. [V] [V n] After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating... 和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。 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 Suffocating Air You’re Feel V Erg 及物/不及物动词 [V