suffocate

verb

1. struggle for breath
have insufficient oxygen intake

e.g. he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

Synonym: gagchokestrangle

2. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

e.g. The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating

3. be asphyxiated
die from lack of oxygen

e.g. The child suffocated under the pillow

Synonym: stifleasphyxiate

4. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

e.g. His job suffocated him

Synonym: choke

5. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

e.g. He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village

Synonym: choke

6. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

e.g. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

Synonym: stifleasphyxiatechoke

7. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

e.g. Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor

Synonym: smotherasphyxiate

1. (使)窒息而死;(把…)闷死
If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe.

suffocate在线翻译

e.g. He either suffocated, or froze to death...
他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。
e.g. They were suffocated as they slept.
他们睡觉时窒息而死。

2. (使)呼吸困难;(使)憋闷
If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe.

e.g. That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room...
这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。
e.g. The airlessness of the room suffocated her.
房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。

3. (受)束缚;(受)扼制
You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop.

e.g. After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating...
和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
e.g. The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy.
总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。

1. 窒息：首先来看题干的关系,因缺乏氧(OXYGEN)导致气窒息(SUFFOCATE),而且这两者之间存在一种本质的必然的关系--缺乏氧肯定导致窒息. 然而在选择答案的时候,很多人选择A,认为因缺乏供应品(supplies)而导致限制(restrict).

2. 使窒息：suffocate the fire 将火闷熄 | suffocate 使窒息 | suffocation 窒息

3. 窒闷,窒息：sufficient 足够,充分的 | suffocate 窒闷,窒息 | suffuse 充盈,布满

4. 讓愛窒息：06.Shine Like A Superstar 巨星登場 | 07.Suffocate 讓愛窒息 | 08.Words Are Not Enough 愛不是說了就夠