asphyxiate

英 [əsˈfɪksieɪt]

美 [əsˈfɪksieɪt]

v.  使窒息; 闷死

过去分词：asphyxiated　过去式：asphyxiated　第三人称单数：asphyxiates　现在分词：asphyxiating　

GRE

BNC.36527 / COCA.28732

牛津词典

verb

• 使窒息；闷死
  to make sb become unconscious or die by preventing them from breathing

柯林斯词典

• VERB 使窒息;使昏厥
  If someoneis asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
  1. Three people were asphyxiated in the crush for last week's train...
     在上周的火车撞车事故中有3人窒息死亡。
  2. John Doe died in his bath, asphyxiated by the fumes from a gas water-heater.
     一名男子死于浴室中，死因是吸入燃气热水器中排出的气体导致窒息。

英英释义

verb

• be asphyxiated
  1. The child suffocated under the pillow
  Synonym:suffocatestifle
• impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
  1. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
  Synonym:suffocatestiflechoke
• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  1. Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
  2. The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
  Synonym:smothersuffocate

双语例句

• Thought I'd asphyxiate from the smell.
  我会因为那气味窒息的。
• John Doe died in his bath, asphyxiated by the fumes from a gas water-heater.
  一名男子死于浴室中，死因是吸入燃气热水器中排出的气体导致窒息。
• At the same time, they issued smoke, inflamer produce a great lot of smother, so in fires, majority people got gas poisoning and asphyxiate and died.
  同时发烟量大，在火灾中燃烧物产生大量浓烟使火灾中的大多数人员被有毒气体和烟雾熏倒窒息而身亡。
• They can asphyxiate you, burn you, bury you alive, or crush you under debris.
  它们会令你窒息，灼烧你，埋葬一切生机，或者将你掩埋在废墟之下。
• Any of various snakes, such as the python or boa, that tightly coil around and asphyxiate their prey.
  任一种蛇，如大蟒或蚺，能紧紧地缠绕其猎物并使其窒息。
• Business must adapt to this new psychology or asphyxiate.
  企业必须适应这种新的心理，否则就会窒息而亡。
• Three people were asphyxiated in the crush for last week's train
  在上周的火车撞车事故中有3人窒息死亡。
• Small children sometimes choke or asphyxiate while trying to swallow big tablets.
  幼儿在试图吞咽大药片时有时会噎住或窒息。
• Cole had never seen such an assertive killer before, she repeatedly assailed the guards, and tried to asphyxiate her cell mate.
  科尔从没见过这样武断的凶手。她不断攻击狱警，并试图使自己的狱友窒息死亡。
• We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.
  在我们被这些有毒气体窒息之前，必须查出其来源。