stifle

美['staɪfl] 英['staɪfl]

vt. 使窒息；扼杀；扑灭；抑制

vi. 窒息

n. (马的)后膝关节

名词：stifler 过去式：stifled 过去分词：stifled 现在分词：stifling 第三人称单数：stifles

近义词：smother，suffocate，choke，suppress，asphyxiate，strangle，repress，stop，throttle，restrain，curb，check，holdback，muffle，dampen，knee，stimulate，

n.(名词)

v.(动词)

v.(动词)

Noun

Verb

conceal or hide;
"smother a yawn" "muffle one's anger" "strangle a yawn"
smother or suppress;
"Stifle your curiosity"
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
"The child suffocated under the pillow"

用作及物动词(vt.)

The gas stifled them.他们被煤气熏得透不过气来。
The smoke filled the room and almost stifled the firemen.屋里浓烟弥漫呛得消防队员喘不过气来。
We should stifle it in the cradle before it becomes worse.我们应该在事态变坏前就把它扼杀在萌芽期。
She tried hard to stifle her laughter.她强忍住笑。

用作不及物动词(vi.)

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