- v. 窒息;悶死;用沙等悶住火;忍住;厚厚地或大面積地覆蓋
smother的英文翻譯是什麼意思,詞典釋義與在線翻譯:
雙解釋義
- vt. 使窒息,使透不過氣 stop air from reaching a person or thing
- vt. 覆蓋 cover thickly or completely
- vt. 忍住,抑制 keep back,suppress (one's anger,etc.)
- vt. 悶住,悶熄 put out (a fire), cause (a fire) to burn slowly,by covering it with ashes,sand,etc.
英英釋義
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a confused multitude of things
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a stifling cloud of smoke
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envelop completely;
"smother the meat in gravy"
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deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
"The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
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conceal or hide;
"smother a yawn"
"muffle one's anger"
"strangle a yawn"
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form an impenetrable cover over;
"the butter cream smothered the cake"
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deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion;
"smother fires"
smother的用法和樣例:
例句
- They smother his better instinct.
這些聲音窒息了他的良知。 - He smothered the baby with a pillow.
他用枕頭把嬰兒悶死了。 - It's better to smother the fire with the earth.
最好用土把火掩熄。 - Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.
用濕毛巾把鍋里的火撲滅。 - 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。 - We tried to smother our laughter.
我們強忍住笑。 - I just managed to smother a yawn.
我剛設法忍住了一個呵欠。 - He could hardly smother his anger.
他幾乎抑制不住他的憤怒之情。 - In some of Jame's fiction motive seems to smother event.
在詹姆斯的一些小說里動機似乎把情節掩蓋住了。
辭彙搭配
- smother a yawn 忍住哈欠
- smother one's grief 抑制悲痛
經典引文
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We..brought the boat to in a smother of foam.
出自: R. H. Dana -
The muffle and smother of these fallen clouds.
出自: R. L. Stevenson
smother的相關資料:
近反義詞
- stifle 使窒息
- suffocate 使窒息
- asphyxiate (使)窒息
- choke 窒息
- suppress 鎮壓
- repress 抑制
- oppress 使煩惱
- overwhelm 打擊
- overpower 壓倒
- restrict 限制
- hide 藏
- check 檢查
- hold back 阻礙
- muffle 圍裹
- strangle 勒死
- silence 沉默
- dampen (使)潮濕
- damp 潮濕的
- quell 壓制
- inhibit 抑制
- extinguish 熄滅
- put out 熄滅
- mare's nest 不實或無價值之發現...
- clutter 弄亂
- jumble 摻雜
- surround 包圍
- fuddle 使錯亂
- welter 混亂
- muddle 混亂