verb🔗Share窒息させる, 抑えるTo suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone."The heavy blanket smothered me in my sleep, making it hard to breathe. "重い毛布が睡眠中に私を窒息させ、呼吸を困難にしました。physiologybodymedicineactionconditionsensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share消す, 鎮火させるTo extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air."to smother a fire with ashes"灰で火を消す。actionprocessnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share抑える, 鎮圧するTo reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish"The heavy workload completely smothered his enthusiasm for the new job. "重労働は、彼の新しい仕事への熱意を完全に抑え込んだ。actionconditionprocesssituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share煮込むIn cookery: to cook in a close dish."beefsteak smothered with onions"玉ねぎを煮込んだビーフステーキfoodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share塗る, 塗布するTo daub or smear."The toddler smothered his face with mashed potatoes during lunch. "幼児は昼食中、マッシュポテトを顔に塗った。appearanceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息するTo be suffocated."The firefighter pulled the person from the burning building before they were smothered by the thick smoke. "消防士は、分厚い煙で窒息する前に、燃えている建物からその人を引っ張り出した。physiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息する, 息苦しくなるTo breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like."The firefighter coughed, feeling smothered by the thick smoke inside the burning building. "消防士は咳き込み、燃えている建物の中で濃い煙に窒息しそうになった。physiologysensationbodymedicineenvironmentdisasterconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Shareくすぶる, いぶる(of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder."The campfire, left unattended, slowly smothered under a thick layer of ash. "放置されたキャンプファイヤーは、厚い灰の層の下でゆっくりとくすぶっていた。natureprocessconditioneventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息させる, 抑圧するTo perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed."The small fire was smothered by the thick blanket, preventing it from spreading. "小さな火は厚い毛布で窒息し、広がるのを防ぎました。conditionphysiologybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareシュートをブロックするTo get in the way of a kick of the ball."The defender smothered the attacker's kick, preventing the ball from going towards the goal. "ディフェンダーはアタッカーのシュートをブロックし、ボールがゴールに向かうのを阻止した。sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareシュートをブロックするTo get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away."The defender smothered the forward's shot by quickly getting his hands over the ball right after it left her foot, stopping it from going to the goal. "ディフェンダーは、フォワードのシュートが彼女の足から離れた直後に、すぐに手をボールの上に持っていき、ゴールに入るのを阻止して、シュートをブロックしました。sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
