stifle
音标发音
- 英式音标 ['staɪf(ə)l]
- 美式音标 [ˈstaɪ.fəl]
- 国际音标 ['staifl]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- vt. 扼殺;使窒息;藏匿
- vi. 窒息;被扼殺
- n. (馬等的)後膝關節;(馬等的)[動] 後膝關節病
词根记忆
- 濃菸讓所有的員工(staff)都窒息(stifle)了
词组短语
- stifle change 扼殺變革
- stifle talk 使談話靜下來
- Stifle sb 扼殺某人的情緒
- stifle poison 中毒窒息
- Stifle joint 膝關節
短語
英英字典
- (NO AIR) to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air
- (PREVENT HAPPENING) to prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing
- If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.
- If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing.
- If you stifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.
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专业释义
- (馬等的)後膝關節病,後膝骨病[亦作 stifle joint]