smothering
英 [ˈsmʌðərɪŋ]
美 [ˈsmʌðərɪŋ]
v. 使窒息而死; 闷死; (用某物)厚厚地覆盖; 抑制; 扼杀; 忍住
smother的现在分词
现在分词:smothering
BNC.38517 / COCA.27144
柯林斯词典
- VERB 将(火)闷熄
If yousmothera fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out.- The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。
- The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
- VERB 使…透不过气来;使…窒息;闷死
Tosmothersomeone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.- A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.
一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己 6 周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。
- A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.
- VERB 盖满;完全覆盖
Things thatsmothersomething cover it completely.- Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗,我们就得把它们移走。
- Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
- VERB 宠爱;溺爱
If yousmothersomeone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much.- She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
她十分疼爱自己的孩子,几乎到了溺爱的程度。 - ...a smothering, overprotective mother.
对孩子过分溺爱、过度保护的母亲
- She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
- VERB 压抑,控制(感情或反应)
If yousmotheran emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it.- She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
她抑制着心中的自怜,将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。 - ...smothered giggles.
忍住的咯咯笑
- She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
- VERB 压制,钳制,扼杀,镇压 (某种活动或过程)
If an activity or processis smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing.- Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation...
在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。 - The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.
波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。
- Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation...
英英释义
adj
- causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
- the choking June dust
- the smothering soft voices
- smothering heat
- the room was suffocating--hot and airless
双语例句
- They fell over the dirty face of a wounded man who feebly tried to turn his head to escape from their smothering folds.
这裙子浇在一个伤兵的脏脸上,他虚弱地转着头,想躲避裙的拂扰。 - But Mr Patel warns that the embrace can become smothering.
但帕特尔警告,中国人的拥抱可能会令人喘不过气来。 - And that is what is smothering our revolution.
也就是这个官僚淹毙掉我们的革命。 - They also fear the rising pressures on the budget could lead to a smothering of consumer spending and exports which have kept the economy afloat so far.
他们还担心,不断上升的预算压力可能会抑制消费支出和出口,而这两者迄今为止维系了俄经济的正常运行。 - Electrical fire needs fire extinguishers, but the smothering agent must be a non-conductor-that is, a material that will not conduct electricity.
由于电引起的火灾需要灭火器,但是灭火的物质必须是绝缘体,也就是不导电的物质。 - This person has been a solid source of support for you, Virgo, even if her style is a bit off-putting or smothering at times.
处女,这个人一直是你最坚实的支持者,虽然她的偶尔会稍微有点爱现或者墨迹。 - She should love them without smothering them with attention.
她对他们的关注应该恰如其分才是。 - I suspect that part of your nervous problem may be the smothering attitude of your family and you need to get out and try your wings a bit.
我想你胆小的原因部分是由于你家人的那种令人窒息的态度,你需要摆脱出来发挥自己的才能。 - He wrapped the coat around her head, smothering the flames.
他用上衣包住她的头,熄灭了火。 - To the extent that it is genuine, my caring is not a smothering of the person or a possessive clinging.
只要这种关心是真诚的,那么它就不会是某种压抑或占有性的依附。