smother

smother音标

英 [ˈsmʌðə(r)]

美 [ˈsmʌðɚ]

smother基本释义

v.窒息；闷死；用沙等闷住火；忍住；厚厚地或大面积地覆盖

smother用法及例句

v.(动词)

vt. 使窒息，使透不过气 stop air from reaching a person or thing

vt. 覆盖 cover thickly or completely

vt. 忍住，抑制 keep back,suppress (one's anger,etc.)

vt. 闷住，闷熄 put out (a fire), cause (a fire) to burn slowly,by covering it with ashes,sand,etc.

noun

1. a stifling cloud of smoke

2. a confused multitude of things

Synonym: clutterjumblemuddlefuddlemare's nestwelter

verb

1. conceal or hide

e.g. smother a yawnmuffle one's angerstrangle a yawn

Synonym: stiflestranglemufflerepress

2. envelop completely

e.g. smother the meat in gravy

Synonym: surround

3. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

e.g. smother fires

Synonym: put out

4. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

e.g. Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillowThe child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor

Synonym: asphyxiatesuffocate

5. form an impenetrable cover over

e.g. the butter cream smothered the cake

1. 将(火)闷熄If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out.

e.g. The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。

2. 使…透不过气来;使…窒息;闷死To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.

e.g. A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己 6 周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。

3. 盖满;完全覆盖Things that smother something cover it completely.

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e.g. Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗，我们就得把它们移走。

smothered...a hundred-year-old red-bricked house almost smothered in ivy...一座有着百年历史、几乎完全被常春藤所覆盖的红砖房Make sure that your meal won't be smothered with white sauce.千万不要把自己的饭菜上都涂满白汁沙司。

4. 宠爱;溺爱If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much.

e.g. She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.她十分疼爱自己的孩子，几乎到了溺爱的程度。e.g. ...a smothering, overprotective mother.对孩子过分溺爱、过度保护的母亲

5. 压抑，控制(感情或反应)If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it.

e.g. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.她抑制着心中的自怜，将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。e.g. ...smothered giggles.忍住的咯咯笑

6. 压制，钳制，扼杀，镇压 (某种活动或过程)If an activity or process is smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing.

e.g. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation...在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。e.g. The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。

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2. 使窒息：smooth-bore 滑膛武器 | smother 使窒息 | smothering action 窒息作用

3. smother的反义词

3. 浓烟：smoothness 平滑度 | smother 浓烟 | smother 窒息

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作动词(v.)

Don't put that cloth over the baby's face,you'll smother him!不要把布盖在那个婴儿脸上，会使他窒息的！

I just managed to smother a yawn.我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。

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In autumn the grass is smothered with leaves.秋天草地上盖满了枯叶。

The fire is smothered by ashes.火被灰闷熄了。

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

smother a yawn忍住哈欠

smother one's grief抑制悲痛

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

近义词

临近词

oppress使烦恼

overwhelm打击

clutter弄乱

stifle使窒息

check检查

overpower压倒

extinguish熄灭

choke窒息

dampen(使)潮湿

muddle混乱

hide藏

hold back阻碍

silence沉默

jumble掺杂

put out熄灭

strangle勒死

suppress镇压

repress抑制

muffle围裹

damp潮湿的

fuddle使错乱

inhibit抑制

welter混乱

quell压制

asphyxiate(使)窒息

restrict限制

suffocate使窒息

mare's nest不实或无价值之发现...

surround包围

smothering

smother up

SMP

smothered mate

smotherer

smothery

smothered with

smooth

smother play

smother plant

smothercrop

smotheration

相关列句

Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.(用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭。)

He didn't stare into her eyes or smother her the way Barry had, but he made it clear that he was available.(他并没有象巴里那样一直凝视她的眼睛或让她透不过气来，但他很明显非常在乎她。)

Too much snow, for example, can smother trees, and avalanches and snow creep can damage or destroy them.(例如，太多的雪会使树木窒息，雪崩和积雪蔓延会损坏或摧毁树木。)

Customers have been known to smother xiaojies because they are afraid to let people know what they have been doing.(顾客喜欢那种不问身份的小姐，因为他们害怕别人知到他做过的事。)

The release of this “shadow inventory” could smother the recovery before it gathers speed.(这些“影子库存”的释放或许会在经济复苏加速之前釜底抽薪。)

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。)

Many parents indulge their kids, smother them with love and deny them nothing.(许多父母放纵孩子，溺爱小孩，什么都答应他们。)

Life is a bestowing of nature, we have no right to smother, it's a part of universe.(生命是自然的赐予，我们无权将其窒息，生命是宇宙的一部分。)

He tried to smother the flames with a blanket.(他试图用毯子把火扑灭。)

Spanish also comes with a heavy load of beautiful baggage that will smother any journalist writing in English.(西班牙语也一样，有太多不利于英文写作的修饰语。)