verb🔗Share窒息， 闷死， 扼杀。 To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone."The heavy blanket smothers me, making it hard to breathe. "这床厚重的毯子压得我喘不过气，感觉快要窒息了。bodyphysiologyactionconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share使窒息， 扼杀. To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air."to smother a fire with ashes"用灰烬把火闷灭actionprocessnaturephysicsenergyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share扼杀，压制， 窒息。 To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish"The heavy workload smothers her creativity. "繁重的工作量扼杀了她的创造力。actionconditionmindChat 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foodutensilprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share涂抹， 抹， 敷。 To daub or smear."The artist smothers the canvas with paint, creating thick layers of color. "艺术家在画布上厚厚地涂抹颜料，创造出厚重的色彩层次。appearancestyleChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息，闷死。 To be suffocated."The heavy blanket smothers me in my sleep, making it hard to breathe. "这条厚重的毯子盖在我身上，让我在睡觉时感到窒息，呼吸困难。bodyphysiologyactionChat 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 burning building smothers anyone who tries to enter. "燃烧的建筑物产生的浓烟会让人窒息，任何试图进入的人都会被闷死。physiologybodysensationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share闷烧，阴燃。 (of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder."The campfire smothers overnight, turning into a bed of warm, glowing embers. "篝火闷烧了一夜，变成了温暖、发光的余烬。energyphysicsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share湮灭， 扼杀 To perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed."The constant criticism from her boss smothers her creativity. "她老板没完没了的批评扼杀了她的创造力。conditionactionbiologyenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share阻挡，封堵 To get in the way of a kick of the ball."The defender smothered the player's attempted kick, preventing the goal. "后卫封堵了球员的射门，阻止了进球。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 quickly smothers the forward's shot, preventing it from reaching the goal. "后卫迅速封堵了前锋的射门，阻止了球飞向球门。sportactiongameChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share窒息物 That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly"The smothers of the fire alarm kept everyone awake all night. "整夜响个不停的火警警报声简直是恼人的窒息物，让每个人都无法入睡。massappearanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
