smother

/'smʌðә/ uk　 词频 #10923

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smother 是什么意思

中文释义

vt. 使喘不过气, 使窒息, 闷熄, 忍住, 抑制, 覆盖

vi. 窒息, 被抑制

n. 浓烟, 窒息状态, 杂乱无章

英文释义

n. a stifling cloud of smoke

v. envelop completely

v. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

v. conceal or hide

smother 的真实例句

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It required every rhetorical skill I possessed to talk him out of smothering my baby in its crib.

—— Making it in a non-existent profession. The economics of the writing life are grim, mercurial, and infrequently discussed

I’d smothered that spot in kisses when Miranda was a baby.

—— On Losing a Daughter

Rambukkana's table groans with sweets —- from traditional fried lentil and rice flour balls smothered in sticky syrup, to shop-bought chocolate cakes.

—— Boiling milk and worrying about the Iran war: A New Year dawns in Sri Lanka

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