Verb:
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
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
近义词 choke窒息smother窒息stifle使窒息strangle勒死throttle节流阀suffocate使窒息strangulate使窒息
“The government asphyxiates us, ” moaned Salvador Marin, the region's finance boss.
穆尔西亚的财政局局长抱怨道：“政府这是想掐死我们。” ecocn