smother [動詞] 使窒息;悶住(火);扼殺
smother
['smʌeə]
v.窒息, 悶死, 用沙等悶住火, 忍住, 厚厚地或大面積地覆蓋
例句與用法:
It's potential for good or evil, now and in the years of our lives, smothers exaltations and converts vanity to prayer.
在現在和我們過去的生活中,它都是一柄雙刃劍,會使人越來越窒息、也會使人由空虛變得有信仰。
He smothered the baby with a pillow.
他用枕頭把嬰兒悶死了。
Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.
用濕毛巾把鍋裡的火撲滅。
If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it.
在火上一下子添上很多煤,反而能把火悶死。
詞形變化:
動詞過去式: smothered | 動詞過去分詞: smothered | 動詞現在分詞: smothering |動詞第三人稱單數: smothers |
英文解釋:
名詞 smother:
a confused multitude of things
同義詞:clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter
a stifling cloud of smoke
動詞 smother:
envelop completely
同義詞:surround
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
同義詞:asphyxiate, suffocate
conceal or hide
同義詞:stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
form an impenetrable cover over
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
同義詞:put out
以上來源於大辭典