verb🔗Share窒息，扼杀. To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone."The thick blanket smothered the baby, preventing it from breathing easily. "那条厚厚的毯子盖住了婴儿，让他无法顺畅呼吸，几乎要窒息了.physiologybodymedicineactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息，闷熄。 To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air."to smother a fire with ashes"用灰烬把火闷熄。actionnaturedisasterChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share扼杀，压制，使窒息。 To 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. "老师严格的规定扼杀了学生们在课堂上的创造力。actionconditionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share焖，煨。 In cookery: to cook in a close dish."beefsteak smothered with onions"用洋葱焖的牛排foodutensilChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share涂抹， 覆盖。 To daub or smear."The artist smothered the canvas with thick layers of paint. "艺术家在画布上厚厚地涂抹了一层又一层的颜料。appearancestyleactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息，闷死。 To be suffocated."The thick smoke from the fire smothered the firefighters, making it hard to breathe. "大火产生的浓烟呛得消防员们几乎窒息，呼吸都变得困难了。physiologybodymedicineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息, 闷死 To 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. "烧烤产生的浓烟呛得露营者们喘不过气，几乎要窒息了。physiologybodysensationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share闷烧，阴燃 (of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder."The campfire slowly smothered, giving off only small, flickering flames. "营火慢慢地闷烧着，只发出微弱的、忽明忽暗的火苗。physicschemistryenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息， 压制. To 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. "衰退的经济压制了小企业的发展，导致许多小企业倒闭。physiologymedicinebiologyconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share阻截，封堵 To 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. "对方球员阻截了这个射门，阻止了球进入球门。sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share封堵，阻截。 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 soccer ball, preventing it from reaching the goal. "后卫封堵了足球，阻止了它飞向球门。sportgameactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share窒息物，令人窒息之物 That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly"The heavy blanket was a smother on the warm summer night, making it hard to breathe comfortably. "厚重的毯子在温暖的夏夜里就像个令人窒息的东西，让人难以舒畅地呼吸。thingmassChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
