verb🔗Share闷死,窒息,使…喘不过气。 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. "厚重的毯子盖在身上,让我睡觉的时候喘不过气,差点闷死。physiologybodymedicineactionconditionsensationChat 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"用灰烬把火闷熄灭。actionprocessnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share压制,扼杀,使窒息。 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. "沉重的工作量完全扼杀了他对新工作的热情。actionconditionprocesssituationChat 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 toddler smothered his face with mashed potatoes during lunch. "午饭时,那个蹒跚学步的孩子把土豆泥糊得满脸都是。appearanceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share闷死,窒息。 To be suffocated."The firefighter pulled the person from the burning building before they were smothered by the thick smoke. "消防员把人从燃烧的建筑里拉了出来,否则他们就要被浓烟呛死了。physiologybodyChat 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 firefighter coughed, feeling smothered by the thick smoke inside the burning building. "消防员咳嗽着,感觉自己被燃烧的建筑物内浓重的烟雾呛得喘不过气来。physiologysensationbodymedicineenvironmentdisasterconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share闷烧,阴燃 (of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder."The campfire, left unattended, slowly smothered under a thick layer of ash. "无人看管的篝火,在厚厚的灰烬下慢慢地闷烧起来。natureprocessconditioneventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息, 压制, 掩盖。 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. "厚厚的毯子把小火苗盖住了,使其窒息,没能蔓延开来。conditionphysiologybiologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share阻截,封堵 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. "后卫成功阻截了进攻队员的射门,阻止了球飞向球门。sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share封堵, 盖帽 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. "后卫迅速上前,在她刚踢出球后就用手盖帽封堵了她的射门,阻止了球飞向球门。sportactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading