suffocation

FREQ #25035

n. 窒息 [医] 窒息

词形变化

suffocations 复数 suffocations

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.

    不可数 可数

    A child left unattended may die of suffocation.

  2. 2.

    A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.

    可数 不可数

    The coroner reported three suffocations last week.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 1

asphyxiation

上位词 3

kill killing hypoxia

下位词 4

choking strangulation strangling throttling

相关短语

suffocation mate suffocation mates

词源

Inherited from Middle English suffocation, suffocacioun, from Middle French suffocation, from Latin suffocatio.

来源：wiktionary