verb🔗Share窒息，扼杀。 To interrupt or cut off."The sudden announcement stifled our conversation. "那个突然的宣布打断了我们的谈话，让我们说不下去了。communicationactionlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share压制，抑制。 To repress, keep in or hold back."The army stifled the rebellion."军队压制了叛乱。emotionmindconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share闷死，窒息。 To smother or suffocate."The heat was stifling the children."这闷热的天气快把孩子们闷死了。physiologysensationconditionenvironmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share感到窒息，闷热难耐。 To feel smothered etc."The heat felt stifling."这天气热得让人感到窒息。sensationphysiologybodymindenvironmentweatherChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share窒息而死，闷死. To die of suffocation."The smoke filled the room, and the child stifled in the corner. "浓烟充满了房间，孩子在角落里被闷死了。physiologybodyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share闷茧，蒸茧 To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production."The silk farmer carefully stifled the cocoons to prepare them for unravelling. "丝农小心翼翼地闷茧，为接下来的缫丝做好准备。industryanimalprocessagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share窒息，压制. The act by which something is stifled."The stifling of creativity in the classroom was evident in the lack of student questions. "课堂上对创造力的压制体现在学生缺乏提问上。actionconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗Share闷热，令人窒息的. That stifles."The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much."天气闷热得令人窒息，感觉呼吸都很困难，只是在床上翻个身都让人觉得费力。environmentsensationconditionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
