suffocates
英 [ˈsʌfəkeɪts]
美 [ˈsʌfəkeɪts]
v. (使)窒息而死; (把…)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气
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柯林斯词典
- V-ERG (使)窒息而死;(把…)闷死
If someonesuffocatesoris suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe.- 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。
- He either suffocated, or froze to death...
- V-ERG (使)呼吸困难;(使)憋闷
If you say that youare suffocatingor that somethingis suffocatingyou, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe.- 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。
- That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room...
- V-ERG (受)束缚;(受)扼制
You say that a person or thingis suffocating, or that somethingis suffocatingthem, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop.- 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。
- After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating...