smother
美 [ˈsmʌðər] 
英 [ˈsmʌðə(r)]
- v.闷死；捂死；（用某物）厚厚地覆盖；抑制
- n.制止；窒息物；窒息状态；浓雾
- 网络使窒息；老妈爱死你；忍住
词形变化
第三人称单数：smothers 现在分词：smothering 过去式：smothered 反义词
同义词
英汉双解
1. | ~ sb (with sth) 捂死；闷死to kill sb by covering their face so that they cannot breathe |
| He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。 |
2. | ~ sth/sb with/in sth （用某物）厚厚地覆盖to cover sth/sb thickly or with too much of sth |
| a rich dessert smothered in cream 涂了厚厚一层奶油的多脂甜点 |
| She smothered him with kisses. 她劈头盖脑给他一通狂吻。 |
3. | ~ sth 抑制；扼杀；忍住to prevent sth from developing or being expressed |
| to smother a yawn/giggle/grin 把哈欠忍了回去；憋住不笑出声来；刚想张嘴笑又收了回去 |
| The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered. 反对党的声音被有效地压制了下去。 |
4. | ~ sb （因溺爱等）使…觉得压抑to give sb too much love or protection so that they feel restricted |
| Her husband was very loving, but she felt smothered. 丈夫对她百般宠爱，但这让她觉得不自在。 |
5. | ~ sth 把（火）闷熄to make a fire stop burning by covering it with sth |
| He tried to smother the flames with a blanket. 他试图用毯子把火扑灭。 |
英汉解释
v. | 1. 使透不过气来,使窒息;闷死,扼杀;盖熄,闷住(火等) 2. 抑制住(感情),止住;隐蔽,遮掩(罪恶等);扣压(报告等);笼罩,覆盖 7. 用文火闷烧,微燃,闷燃,熏,冒烟;给包住,隐藏;(事实等)被捂住 |
n. | |
英英解释
例句
Musharraf's sinking popularity has spurred speculation that he might declare a state of emergency to smother vocal opposition.
穆沙拉夫声望的下降促使他想发表一份紧急声明来遏制那些反对的声音。
As his teammates sprinted to smother him in an ecstatic scrum, several Ghanaians slumped to the field.
当队友们狂喜地冲过去拥着他的时候，几名加纳人跪在了场地上。
He didn't stare into her eyes or smother her the way Barry had, but he made it clear that he was available.
他并没有象巴里那样一直凝视她的眼睛或让她透不过气来，但他很明显非常在乎她。
The volume that had been displaced was enough to smother the bottom of the entire river.
被偏移了的容量是窒息整个河的底部的足够。
Remind yourself that you're not the only one your kids are home to see. Try not to smother them.
提醒自己孩子回家来要看的人不止自己一个，尽量不要过度要求学生。
Ah-3 thought, "If I don't get out of here pretty soon, I'll smother before I starve. "
阿三想，“如果我不赶快从井里出去，在我饿死之前就会被憋闷死了。”
By creating value, a powerful message, you can get people to come to you, instead of trying to smother them with your message and brand.
通过创造价值和有能量的信息，你就会让大家都来到你的面前。不要通过自己的信息和标签来压制大家。
No one should mourn the "LDP system" , with its corruption and back-room dealing, and its capacity to smother the countryside in concrete.
由于自民党贪污，幕后交易，及农村城镇化政策，没有人会为“自民党制度”的垮台哀悼。
Many people also find relief in over-eating, trying to numb their anxiety with too much ice cream or smother it in cheese sauce.
很多人还用暴食减压，试着用过多的冰激凌来麻痹或靠起司酱来抑制他们的焦虑。
The Democrat-controlled Congress has been trying to smother the programme by removing funding.
由民主党控制的国会已经在尝试通过撤销基金阻碍这个计划进行。
No. We are not going to smother this mouse. We've got to break its neck.
不行，我们不能把它闷死。我们得把它的脖子扭断。
If policies were all, Mrs Clinton could smother the Obama challenge under a pile of policy papers.
如果政策代表全部的话，克林顿夫人便能让奥巴马的挑战在一堆政策文档下窒息。
Rabbit put a hand over his mouth to smother his laughter.
兔子在他的嘴里放一只手扼杀他的笑声。
One method demonstrated in central California last month used fire-fighting foam that can smother thousands of birds in a few minutes.
上月中旬加州中部示范一种方法，使用灭火泡绵，能在数分钟内使成千上万只鸡停止呼吸。
Do not use nylon or other inflammable materials to smother the flames.
不要用尼龙或者其他易燃的布料来熄灭火焰。
the instinct of self - preservation warned him to batten down his hatches , to smother the fire with want of air.
自卫的本能警告他用木条把仓门钉好，把火头闷熄，不要闯出大祸来。
In a word , a man were better relate himself to a statue, or picture , han to suffer his thoughts to pass in smother.
简言之，一个人，与其使他的思想窒息而灭，毋宁向雕像或图画倾诉一切之为愈也。
A shaft of sunlight smote the over-curl, and I caught a glimpse of translucent, rushing green, backed by a milky smother of foam.
一线日光冲破了高飞的浪花，我瞥见冲过来的半透明的绿色，掩映着乳白色的纷飞的浪花。
said tess smother , as she returned from a reconnoitre of the church and graveyard.
苔丝的母亲把教堂和教堂墓地又重新观察了一番，转回来说。
A mountain slope abutting the town had shown a crack, leading to fears it could smother part of the city in a landslide.
与县城相邻的一座山坡上曾出现裂缝，人们担心山体滑坡会掩埋部分城区。
Although unrefined crude isn't very toxic, it's heavy, and if it coats the wings of birds, it will eventually smother them.
虽说未精炼的原油毒性不是很强，但还是很重的。如果它包裹住鸟翼，将最终会使鸟窒息。
he said to tess smother , who had descended to walk the remainder of the way.
他对苔丝的母亲说，那时她已经下了车，想步行走完剩下的路。
Longing to have you with me, and that longing cannot be easily or quickly smothered, and I do not want to smother it.
我渴望与你，并渴望不能轻易或迅速地窒息，我不想扼杀它。
But while we were distracted by these glittering gifts, the internet conspired to snare our friend the book, to smother it.
然而，当我们被这些眼花缭乱的礼物迷得晕头转向时，网络却合谋为我们的书本朋友下了套，想将它谋杀。
As Carter left the court, a teammate draped a towel on Carter's head, the way you'd use a towel to smother a fire.
当卡特下场的时候，一个队友用毛巾遮住了他的头，就像用毛巾熄火一样。
Non* forgotten terrors will smother your courage. Sacrifice everything as the final darkness falls.
难以忘怀地恐惧会榨干你地勇气，在暗中覆盖前牺牲一切。
The release of this "shadow inventory" could smother the recovery before it gathers speed.
这些“影子库存”的释放或许会在经济复苏加速之前釜底抽薪。
In some of Jame's fiction motive seems to smother event.
在詹姆斯的一些小说里动机似乎把情节掩盖住了。
All I really want is to smother* you with kisses, cover you with caresses*, wrap* you in my love and leave you breathless. . . I love you!
我真想用我的吻使你窒息，用爱抚拥抱你，用爱将你缠绕，让你喘不过气来……爱你！
Many blame violent trading on confusion over whether it would step up purchases to smother a rise in yields.
市场不清楚美联储是否会加大购买力度以遏制收益率上扬，许多人士将疯狂的交易归咎于这种困惑。
They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket.
他们试图用一条湿毯子去灭火。
They try to smother the flames with a damp blanket .
他们试图用湿毯子把火扑灭。
At its thickest, it could smother, and it could transform the faintest hint of a cough into pneumonia.
在它浓浓的地方，它能够使人窒息，它能使微弱的咳嗽变成肺炎。
As a matter of fact, the school education at that time could do nothing but smother creation of the human.
事实上，当时那种学校教育也只能窒息人的创造性。
Nelson Dida had to get down sharply to smother a low Vincenzo Montella shot from just inside the area.
蒙特拉刚进禁区就一脚低射，迫使迪达迅速倒地扑住了皮球。
The air is polluted with the smother of traffic and industrial smog.
空气被令人窒息的车辆废气和工业烟雾污染了。
You cannot smother this girl or she will literally get sick of you.
你不能让这个女孩喘不过气来，否则不夸张地说她会厌烦你。
Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel.
用湿毛巾把锅里的火扑灭。
It was intended that the bed would smother me where I lay.
是有人在有意想用这张床把我闷死在躺着的地方。
These bloom in masses to smother the spreading gold-green, deeply-divided foliage.
这些在大量开花紧密的散布到亮绿色，深裂的裂叶。
