verb🔗Share질식시키다, 숨 막히게 하다To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone."The thick blanket smothered the baby, preventing it from breathing easily. "두꺼운 담요가 아기를 질식시켜 쉽게 숨을 쉬지 못하게 했다.physiologybodymedicineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share진압하다, 질식시키다To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air."to smother a fire with ashes"재로 불을 진압하다.actionnaturedisasterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share억누르다, 진압하다To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish"The teacher's strict rules smothered the students' creativity in class. "선생님의 엄격한 규칙은 수업에서 학생들의 창의성을 억눌렀다.actionconditionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share약한 불에 끓이다In cookery: to cook in a close dish."beefsteak smothered with onions"양파를 곁들인 쇠고기 스테이크를 약한 불에 끓이다foodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share바르다, 칠하다To daub or smear."The artist smothered the canvas with thick layers of paint. "화가는 캔버스에 두꺼운 페인트 층을 발랐다.appearancestyleactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share질식시키다, 숨 막히게 하다To be suffocated."The thick smoke from the fire smothered the firefighters, making it hard to breathe. "화재에서 나온 짙은 연기는 소방관들을 질식시켜 숨쉬기 어렵게 만들었다.physiologybodymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share숨 막히다To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like."The thick smoke from the barbecue smothered the campers, making it hard to breathe. "바비큐에서 나온 짙은 연기가 캠핑객들을 숨 막히게 하여 숨쉬기 어려웠다.physiologybodysensationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share불길이 약해지다, 서서히 타다(of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder."The campfire slowly smothered, giving off only small, flickering flames. "캠프파이어는 서서히 타들어가며 작은 불꽃만 깜빡였다.physicschemistryenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share숨 막히다, 억누르다To perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed."The failing economy smothered small businesses, causing many to close. "실패하는 경제가 소규모 사업체를 억눌러 많은 사업체가 문을 닫게 되었다.physiologymedicinebiologyconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share공을 막다To get in the way of a kick of the ball."The opposing team's player smothered the kick, preventing the ball from reaching the goal. "상대 팀 선수가 킥을 막아 공이 골대에 도달하는 것을 막았습니다.sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share공을 막다, 슛을 막다To 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 soccer ball, preventing it from reaching the goal. "수비수는 축구공을 막아 골대에 도달하지 못하게 했다.sportgameactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share질식That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly"The heavy blanket was a smother on the warm summer night, making it hard to breathe comfortably. "두꺼운 담요는 따뜻한 여름밤에 질식 상태가 되어 편안하게 숨쉬기 어려웠다.thingmassChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
