asphyxiate

asphyxiate读音音标

英[əsˈfɪksieɪt]

美[æsˈfɪksiˌet]

基本意思释义

vt.使窒息

vi.窒息

词性变化

第三人称单数:asphyxiates;

过去式:asphyxiated;

过去分词:asphyxiated;

现在分词:asphyxiating;

名词:asphyxiation;

短语及实用例句

Three people were asphyxiated in the crush for last week\'s train...

在上周的火车撞车事故中有3人窒息死亡。

John Doe died in his bath, asphyxiated by the fumes from a gas water-heater.

一名男子死于浴室中，死因是吸入燃气热水器中排出的气体导致窒息。

We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.

在我们被这些有毒气体窒息之前,必须查出其来源.

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英英释义

Verb

1. 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\"

2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;

\"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children\"

3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;

\"The child suffocated under the pillow\"