Smother

['smʌðə] or ['smʌðɚ]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a stifling cloud of smoke.

(verb.) conceal or hide; 'smother a yawn'; 'muffle one's anger'; 'strangle a yawn'.

(verb.) envelop completely; 'smother the meat in gravy'.

(verb.) deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; 'smother fires'.

(verb.) 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'.

(verb.) form an impenetrable cover over; 'the butter cream smothered the cake'.

錄入:皮埃尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.

(v. t.) To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.

(v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.

(v. i.) To be suffocated or stifled.

(v. i.) To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.

(v. t.) Stifling smoke; thick dust.

(v. t.) A state of suppression.

編輯:桑德拉

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. [1]. Stifle, suffocate, choke.[2]. Suppress, repress, conceal, keep back, keep down.

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同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Suffocate, stifle, repress, gag, conceal, suppress, choke, strangle, allay,swallow

ANT:Fan, ventilate, foster, cherish, nurture, publish, promulgate, divulge, spread,excite, vent

編輯:波西亚

解釋/意思:

v.t. to suffocate by excluding the air: to conceal.—v.i. to be suffocated or suppressed: to smoulder.—n. smoke: thick floating dust: state of being smothered: confusion.—ns. Smotherā′tion suffocation: a sailor's dish of meat buried in potatoes; Smoth′eriness.—adv. Smoth′eringly.—adj. Smoth′ery tending to smother: stifling.

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