smoth·er
书籍:英汉辞典
更新时间:2018-09-12 06:56:04
出处:按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第1200页(387字)
【释义】:
vt.①使透不过气来,使窒息,憋死:be smothered by smoke被烟闷得透不过气.②闷住,闷熄:smother a fire with ashes用灰把火盖熄.③覆盖,掩蔽,压止:smother a martyr’s grave with flowers以花覆满烈士墓.smother a child with kisses接连地吻小孩.④遏制,抑止:smother one’s anger抑止怒气.smother up a scandal隐匿丑闻.
-vi.窒息.
-n.(常a smother)烟雾,烟尘,水汽:from(the)smoke into(the) smother 越来越糟,避坑落井.