asphyxiates

英 [əsˈfɪksieɪts]

美 [əsˈfɪksieɪts]

v.  使窒息; 闷死
asphyxiate的第三人称单数

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。

双语例句

• Anacondas are nonvenomous constrictors, coiling their muscular bodies around captured prey and squeezing until the animal asphyxiates.
  它们没有毒，捕猎时用发达的身躯缠绕住猎物一直勒到窒息。
• Some substances attack the brain stem causing a cessation of the breath so that one simply asphyxiates.
  一些物质攻击脑干引起呼吸停止，并产生窒息。
• "The government asphyxiates us," moaned Salvador Marin, the region's finance boss.
  “政府使我们感到窒息。”该地区的金融大亨，萨尔瓦多马林抱怨道。