suffocate 音标拼音: [s'ʌfək
, et]
vt . 使窒息,噎住,闷熄
vi . 闷死,窒息,受阻
使窒息,噎住,闷熄闷死,窒息,受阻
suffocate v 1 :
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing ; "
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow "; "
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor " [
synonym : {
smother }, {
asphyxiate }, {
suffocate }]
2 :
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of ;
"
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children " [
synonym :
{
suffocate }, {
stifle }, {
asphyxiate }, {
choke }]
3 :
become stultified ,
suppressed ,
or stifled ; "
He is suffocating --
living at home with his aged parents in the small village "
[
synonym : {
suffocate }, {
choke }]
4 :
suppress the development ,
creativity ,
or imagination of ; "
His job suffocated him " [
synonym : {
suffocate }, {
choke }]
5 :
be asphyxiated ;
die from lack of oxygen ; "
The child suffocated under the pillow " [
synonym : {
suffocate }, {
stifle },
{
asphyxiate }]
6 :
feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air ; "
The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating "
7 :
struggle for breath ;
have insufficient oxygen intake ; "
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged " [
synonym : {
gag }, {
choke },
{
strangle }, {
suffocate }]
Suffocate \
Suf "
fo *
cate \,
a . [
L .
suffocatus ,
p .
p .
of suffocare to choke ;
sub under fauces the throat .
Cf . {
Faucal }.]
Suffocated ;
choked . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
Suffocate \
Suf "
fo *
cate \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Suffocated };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Suffocating }.]
1 .
To choke or kill by stopping respiration ;
to stifle ;
to smother .
[
1913 Webster ]
Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To destroy ;
to extinguish ;
as ,
to suffocate fire .
[
1913 Webster ]
Suffocate \
Suf "
fo *
cate \,
v .
i .
To become choked ,
stifled ,
or smothered . "
A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage ."
--
collier .
[
1913 Webster ]
119 Moby Thesaurus words for "
suffocate ":
OD ,
asphyxiate ,
bake ,
bar ,
barricade ,
be in heat ,
be killed ,
blaze ,
block ,
block up ,
blockade ,
bloom ,
boil ,
bolt ,
bottle up ,
broil ,
burke ,
burn ,
censor ,
chock ,
choke ,
choke off ,
clamp down on ,
close ,
close off ,
close tight ,
close up ,
combust ,
constrict ,
cook ,
cork ,
cork up ,
crack down on ,
crowd ,
crush ,
damp down ,
debar ,
dog ,
drown ,
extinguish ,
famish ,
flame ,
flame up ,
flare ,
flare up ,
flicker ,
flush ,
fry ,
gag ,
garrote ,
gasp ,
glow ,
hold down ,
incandesce ,
jam ,
jump on ,
keep down ,
keep under ,
kill ,
lock ,
muzzle ,
obstruct ,
occlude ,
pack ,
pant ,
parch ,
pour water on ,
put down ,
put out ,
quash ,
quell ,
quench ,
radiate heat ,
repress ,
roast ,
scald ,
scorch ,
seethe ,
shimmer with heat ,
shut down on ,
shut off ,
shut out ,
shut tight ,
silence ,
simmer ,
sit down on ,
sit on ,
smash ,
smolder ,
smother ,
smothering ,
smudgy ,
snuff out ,
spark ,
squash ,
squeeze ,
squeeze shut ,
squelch ,
stamp out ,
stanch ,
starve ,
steam ,
stew ,
stifle ,
stop the breath ,
stop up ,
strangle ,
strangulate ,
stultify ,
subdue ,
suffocating ,
suppress ,
sweat ,
swelter ,
throttle ,
toast ,
trample out ,
trample underfoot ,
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