smother
常考释义
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。
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。
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