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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.
    1. He either suffocated, or froze to death...
      他要么是闷死的,要么是冻死的。
    2. They were suffocated as they slept.
      他们睡觉时窒息而死。
  • 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.
    1. 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。
    2. The airlessness of the room suffocated her.
      房间里密不透风,憋得她喘不上气来。
  • 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.
    1. 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。
    2. 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。

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