美 [ˈsmʌðərɪŋ]
v. 窒息；把……闷熄；用……完全覆盖；感到压抑；抑制；（运动中）拦截；煨（smother 的现在分词）
smother /ˈsmʌðə/ CET6+ TEM8 [ smothering smothered smothers ]
及物动词 If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. 把 (火) 闷熄
The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
女孩的父母在试图闷熄火苗时也被烧伤了。
及物动词 To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe. 使窒息
He tried to smother me with a pillow.
他企图用枕头闷死我。
及物动词 Things that smother something cover it completely. 完全覆盖
Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
一旦灌木开始把小植物完全覆盖，我们不得不将它们移走。
及物动词 If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much. 溺爱
She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
她爱自己的孩子，几乎爱得让他们透不过气。
及物动词 If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it. 压抑; 抑制
She tried to smother her anger and help them resolve their conflicts.
她试图抑制住怒气，帮助他们解决纠纷。
causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
the smothering soft voices ; smothering heat
同义词： suffocating / suffocative
窒息
捂死
窒息
She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
她爱自己的孩子，几乎爱得让他们透不过气。
Put out small fires out by smothering it with baking soda.
用小苏打窒息灭小规模的火灾。
Narcissistic, smothering, she was "endlessly critical" of him.
她对他“无休止地挑剔”，既自恋又令人压抑。
During the Pan American games, police and army troops flooded the streets, smothering crime.
The fact is Obama's spending, tax and regulatory policies are smothering economic recovery, jobs and opportunity.
In our smothering proximity, we shared everything else snores and farts and bad breath and odorous feet.