verb🔗Share질식시키다, 숨 막히게 하다To 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. "두꺼운 담요가 잠자는 동안 나를 질식시켜 숨쉬기 힘들게 했다.physiologybodymedicineactionconditionsensationChat 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.actionprocessnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share억누르다, 진압하다To 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. "과도한 업무량이 그가 새 직업에 대한 열정을 완전히 억눌렀다.actionconditionprocesssituationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share약한 불로 끓이다In cookery: to cook in a close dish."beefsteak smothered with onions"양파를 곁들인 쇠고기 스테이크를 약한 불로 끓이다foodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share바르다, 칠하다To daub or smear."The toddler smothered his face with mashed potatoes during lunch. "아이는 점심 식사 중에 으깬 감자를 얼굴에 발랐다.appearanceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share질식하다To be suffocated."The firefighter pulled the person from the burning building before they were smothered by the thick smoke. "소방관은 짙은 연기에 질식하기 전에 불타는 건물에서 그 사람을 끌어냈다.physiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share숨 막히다, 질식하다To 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. "소방관은 기침을 하며 불타는 건물 안의 짙은 연기에 질식하는 느낌을 받았다.physiologysensationbodymedicineenvironmentdisasterconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share그을리다, 서서히 타다(of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder."The campfire, left unattended, slowly smothered under a thick layer of ash. "방치된 캠프파이어는 두꺼운 재 층 아래에서 천천히 그을렸다.natureprocessconditioneventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share질식시키다, 억누르다To 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. "작은 불은 두꺼운 담요에 의해 질식되어 번지는 것을 막았습니다.conditionphysiologybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share공을 막다To 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. "수비수는 공격수의 킥을 막아 공이 골대 쪽으로 가는 것을 막았다.sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share슛을 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 forward's shot by quickly getting his hands over the ball right after it left her foot, stopping it from going to the goal. "수비수는 공이 그녀의 발을 떠난 직후 손을 공 위에 빠르게 올려 공격수의 슛을 막아 골로 들어가는 것을 막았습니다.sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading