smother
vt. 使喘不过气, 使窒息, 闷熄, 忍住, 抑制, 覆盖 vi. 窒息, 被抑制 n. 浓烟, 窒息状态, 杂乱无章
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教材释义与例句
窒息状态；令人窒息的浓烟
使窒息；抑制；（用灰等）闷熄；忍住
窒息；被抑制；闷死
释义与例句
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1.
That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
Smoldering; slow combustion.
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2.
That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
Cookware used in such cooking.
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3.
That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
The state of being stifled; suppression.
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4.
That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
Stifling smoke; thick dust.
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5.
That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly
The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).
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1.
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
及物to smother a fire with ashes
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2.
To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
及物The committee's report was smothered.
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3.
To cook in a close dish.
及物 烹饪beefsteak smothered with onions
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4.
To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
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5.
To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
及物He smothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth.
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6.
To daub or smear.
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To be suffocated.
不及物She is smothered by the rope.
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8.
to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
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to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
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10.
To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
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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.
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To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
政治 体育 军事
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词源
From Middle English smother, smorther (“a suffocating vapour, dense smoke”), from Old English smorþor (“smoke”, literally “that which suffocates”), from smorian (“to suffocate, choke”) + -þor (instrumental suffix).
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