February 7, 2008

Smother

smother



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vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)

          1.    使窒息,使透不過氣來;把...悶死
                      The victim was smothered to death.
                      受害人被窒息致死。
          2.    (用灰等)悶熄;悶住(火)[(+with)]
                      He smothered the flame with a wet blanket.
                      他用一條濕毯將火焰悶熄。
          3.    忍住,抑制;扼殺
                      She tried to smother her sobs.
                      她想忍住不哭。
          4.    掩飾[(+up)]
                      He attempted to smother up a scandal about his family.
                      他企圖掩飾有關他家庭的醜聞。
          5.    厚厚地覆蓋[(+in/with)]
          6.    把...鎮服;使大敗
          7.    過多地給予[(+with)]
                      Mary smothers her children with too much love.
                      瑪麗溺愛自己的孩子。

vi. (不及物動詞 intransitive verb)

          1.    窒息;悶死
                      I'm smothering in this stuffy room.
                      在這個悶熱的房間裡我透不過氣來。
          2.    被掩飾;被抑制;被扼殺

n. (名詞 noun)

          1.    令人窒息的濃煙(或霧氣、塵埃等)[the S]
                      The air is polluted with the smother of traffic and industrial smog.
                      空氣被令人窒息的車輛廢氣和工業煙霧污染了。
          2.    窒息狀態;被抑制狀態能


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