smother是什么意思_smother怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
"The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

conceal or hide;"smother a yawn"
"muffle one"s anger"
"strangle a yawn"

form an impenetrable cover over;"the butter cream smothered the cake"

deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion;"smother fires"

中英词源

smother 令人窒息的浓烟，窒息，闷死，抑制，扼杀

缩写自中古英语 smorthre,浓烟，来自古英语 smorian,使窒息，闷死，-ian,表动词，来自 Proto-Germanic*smurona,窒息，闷死，词源可能同 smolder.-ther,工具格后缀，比较 tether,mother. 引申比喻义抑制，扼杀。

smother (v.): c. 1200, "to suffocate with smoke," from smother (n.), earlier smorthre "dense, suffocating smoke" (late 12c.), from stem of Old English smorian "to suffocate, choke, strangle, stifle," cognate with Middle Dutch smoren, German schmoren; possibly connected to smolder. Meaning "to kill by suffocation in any manner" is from 1540s; sense of "to extinguish a fire" is from 1590s. Sense of "stifle, repress" is first recorded 1570s; meaning "to cover thickly (with some substance)" is from 1590s. Related: Smothered; smothering.

词态变化

第三人称单数 smothers;
过去式 smothered;
过去分词 smothered;
现在分词 smothering;

权威造句

1. She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.: 她抑制着心中的自怜，将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。

2. 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!

3. They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket.: 他们试图用一条湿毯子去灭火.

4. I just managed to smother a yawn.: 我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠.

5. We tried to smother our laughter.: 我们强忍住笑.

近反义词

stifle 使窒息

suffocate 使窒息

asphyxiate (使)窒息

choke 窒息

suppress 镇压

repress 抑制

oppress 使烦恼

overwhelm 打击

overpower 压倒

restrict 限制

hide 藏

check 检查

hold back 阻碍

muffle 围裹

strangle 勒死

silence 沉默

dampen (使)潮湿

damp 潮湿的

quell 压制

inhibit 抑制

extinguish 熄灭

put out 熄灭

mare"s nest 不实或无价值之发现...

clutter 弄乱

jumble 掺杂

surround 包围

fuddle 使错乱

welter 混乱

muddle 混乱

相似短语

smother up 蒙蔽过去

smother plant 窒息植物

from smoke into smother 从烟里掉进火里越来越坏

smother up a scandal 【法】掩盖一件丑闻

form smoke into smother adv.越来越糟

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. smolder / smoulder <====> smother.
2. => "burn and smoke without flame".
3. perhaps cognate with smell.
4. smoke => smolder, smother.
5. s- + mother => 毒蛇被妈妈给闷死了。
6. 音似“死mother”——妈妈被窒息了；从词源角度，“smo”简写自“smoke-烟”

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