smother

smother怎么读

英式音标：[ˈsmʌðə(r)]

美式音标：[ˈsmʌðɚ]

smother基本解释

vt. 使窒息；抑制；（用灰等）闷熄；忍住

vi. 窒息；被抑制；闷死

n. 窒息状态；令人窒息的浓烟

smother的意思释义

v.

（使）窒息，（使）透不过气；遮掩；抑制；

n.

窒息物；浓烟，浓雾；

变形

过去式：smothered过去分词：smothered现在分词：smothering第三人称单数：smothers

双语释义

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.

英英释义

n.

a confused multitude of things

同义词：clutterjumblemuddlefuddlemare\'s nestwelter

a stifling cloud of smoke

v.

envelop completely

\"smother the meat in gravy\"

同义词：surround

deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

\"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow\"

同义词：asphyxiatesuffocate

conceal or hide

\"smother a yawn\"

同义词：stiflestranglemufflerepress

form an impenetrable cover over

\"the butter cream smothered the cake\"

deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

\"smother fires\"

同义词：put out

smother用法及例句

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

smother a yawn忍住哈欠

smother one\'s grief抑制悲痛

双语例句

用作动词(v.)

They smother his better instinct.

这些声音窒息了他的良知。

He smothered the baby with a pillow.

他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。

It\'s better to smother the fire with the earth.

较好用土把火掩熄。

Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.

用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭。

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，反而能把火闷死。

We tried to smother our laughter.

我们强忍住笑。

I just managed to smother a yawn.

我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。

He could hardly smother his anger.

他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。

In some of Jame\'s fiction motive seems to smother event.

在詹姆斯的一些小说里动机似乎把情节掩盖住了。

例句参考

Invasive alga reaches California - The alga has been identified that threatens to smother Californian coastal ecosystems

Spring-seeded smother plants for weed control in corn and soybean

Simulation of spring-seeded smother plants for weed control in corn (Zea mays).

Effect of Annual Medic Smother Plants on Weed Control and Yield in Corn

Epileptic seizures and smother-proof pillows.

Tube-building polychaete worms smother corals in the Solitary Islands Marine Park, northern NSW, Australia

Trample, Clips Of Foot Tickling, Girl Legs Spread, Footjobs, Smother

In utero taste/odor aversion conditioning in the rat

Maternal responses to infant vocalizations and olfactory cues in rats and mice.

smother词源

smother (v.)

c. 1200, \"to suffocate with smoke,\" from smother (n.), earlier smorthre \"dense, suffocating smoke\" (late 12c.), from stem of Old English smorian \"to suffocate, choke, strangle, stifle,\" cognate with Middle Dutch smoren, German schmoren; possibly connected to smolder. Meaning \"to kill by suffocation in any manner\" is from 1540s; sense of \"to extinguish a fire\" is from 1590s. Sense of \"stifle, repress\" is first recorded 1570s; meaning \"to cover thickly (with some substance)\" is from 1590s. Related: Smothered; smothering.

smother相关例句

1.He could hardly smother his anger.

他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。

3.To cause asphyxia in;smother.

使窒息使窒息；使透不过气