smother

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音标发音

英式音标 [ˈsmʌðə(r)]
美式音标 [ˈsmʌð.ɚ]
国际音标 ['smʌðə]
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基本解释

vt. 使窒息；抑制；（用灰等）闷熄；忍住
vi. 窒息；被抑制；闷死
n. 窒息状态；令人窒息的浓烟

词根记忆

s(看作she，她) + mother(母亲)→母亲的溺爱快让她窒息了→(使)窒息
s(看做she，她) + mother(母亲)→她快被母亲的爱弄得窒息→使窒息
s(看作she) + mother(母亲)→母亲的爱使她快要窒息→使窒息

同根派生

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英汉例句

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词: S+ ～+n./pron.

Don't put that cloth over the baby's face,you'll smother him!
不要把布盖在那个婴儿脸上，会使他窒息的！

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词组短语

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

smother a yawn 忍住哈欠
smother one 's grief 抑制悲痛

短语

steam smother 蒸气窒息
smother crops 窒息作物
smother up 蒙蔽过去
gel smother 凝胶灭火

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英英字典

剑桥英英字典

(COVER) to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe
(NOT DEVELOP) to prevent something from developing or growing freely

柯林斯英英字典

If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out.
To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.
Things that smother something cover it completely.
If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much.
If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it.

专业释义

食品科学技术

熬，煮；炖，煨：

能源科学技术

窒息状态
使窒息