smother

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音标发音

英式音标 [ˈsmʌðə(r)]
美式音标 [ˈsmʌð.ɚ]
国际音标 ['smʌðə]
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基本解释

vt. 使窒息；抑制；（用灰等）悶熄；忍住
vi. 窒息；被抑制；悶死
n. 窒息狀態；令人窒息的濃菸

词根记忆

s(看作she，她) + mother(母親)→母親的溺愛快讓她窒息了→(使)窒息
s(看做she，她) + mother(母親)→她快被母親的愛弄得窒息→使窒息
s(看作she) + mother(母親)→母親的愛使她快要窒息→使窒息

同根派生

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英汉例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作及物動詞: S+ ～+n./pron.

Don't put that cloth over the baby's face,you'll smother him!
不要把佈蓋在那個嬰兒臉上，會使他窒息的！

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词组短语

用作動詞 (v.)

～+名詞

smother a yawn 忍住哈欠
smother one 's grief 抑制悲痛

短語

steam smother 蒸氣窒息
smother crops 窒息作物
smother up 矇蔽過去
gel smother 凝膠滅火

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英英字典

劍橋英英字典

(COVER) to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe
(NOT DEVELOP) to prevent something from developing or growing freely

柯林斯英英字典

If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out.
To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.
Things that smother something cover it completely.
If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much.
If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it.

专业释义

食品科學技術

熬，煮；燉，煨：

能源科學技術

窒息狀態
使窒息