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小词详解 | smother
smother 英 [ˈsmʌðə(r)] 美 [ˈsmʌðər]
Retired jet engines could help clear the smog that smothers big cities.
退役的喷气发动机或许有助清除笼罩大城市的雾霾。
——《经济学人》Equipment made by Putzmeister has been used to help smother out-of-control nuclear reactors in Chernobyl and Fukushima, but the German company had no technology to protect it when the global economic meltdown struck in 2008.
在切尔诺贝利和福岛,人们曾用普茨迈斯特公司制造的设备来处理失控的核反应堆,但当2008年全球经济危机来袭时,这家德国公司却没有什么方法来保护自己。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 捂住(某人)的鼻子和嘴使其窒息而死
他们威胁要用塑料袋把这些家畜闷死。
They threatened to smother the domesticated animals with plastic bags.他用枕头闷死了一位守法公民。
He smothered a law-abiding citizen with a pillow.
她鬼鬼祟祟地往身后扫了一眼,然后扔过一条毯子盖在灶上,把火闷熄。
With a furtive glance over her shoulder, she threw a blanket over the stove to smother the flames.
把哈欠忍了回去;憋住不笑出声来;刚想张嘴笑又收了回去
to smother a yawn/giggle/grin最近的政治动荡扼杀了及早缔结和平协定的仅存希望。
The latest political ferment has smothered any remaining hopes for an early peace agreement.
玛丽姨妈把一大角的涂了厚厚一层奶油的多脂甜点放在我盘子里。
Auntie Mary put a huge wedge of rich dessert smothered in cream on my plate.她劈头盖脑给她情意绵绵的恋人一通狂吻。
She smothered her tender lover with kisses.
我想那个温顺的女孩解除婚约是因为她感觉他的爱快要让她窒息了。
I think the docile girl broke off their engagement because she felt smothered by him.
这些症状可能会因为令人窒息的车辆废气和工业烟雾而加重。
The symptoms may be exacerbated by the smother of traffic and industrial smog.
I know I must conceal my sentiments: I must smother hope; I must remember that he cannot care much for me.
我知道我必须掩饰自己的感情,抑制自己的愿望;牢记住他不会太在乎我。
throttle: attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them suffocate: die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe stifle: make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate