vt. 1.使透不过气来，使窒息；闷死，扼杀；盖熄，闷住(火等)。 2.抑制住(感情)，止住；隐蔽，遮掩(罪恶等)；扣压(报告等)；笼罩，覆盖。 3.【烹】蒸，焖，煨。 4.密密地涂上〔浇上〕。 5. 〔美运〕使对方大败。 vi. 1. 透不过气来，窒息；闷死。 2.用文火闷烧，微燃，闷燃，熏，冒烟；给包住，隐藏；(事实等)被捂住。 3.被抑制，被忍住。 短语和例子 smother a yawn 忍住呵欠。 smother a scandal 掩盖丑事。 smother the patient in blankets 把病人包在毯子里。 smother a salad with oil 在生菜上浇满油。 smother sb. with (kisses) (吻得)透不过气来。 smother up 蒙蔽过去，含糊了结；压制。 n. 1.窒息物；窒息状态，被抑制状态。 2.浓烟，浓雾，浓尘；冒烟，冒着烟的火。 3.制止，抑制。 4.一片混乱，一大堆乱七八糟的东西。 短语和例子 smothered mate (国际象棋)用马将死对方王的一着。 n. -er ,-y adj.
a stifling cloud of smoke
a confused multitude of things 同义词：clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare''s nest, welter,
conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one''s anger"; "strangle a yawn" 同义词：stifle, strangle, muffle, repress,
envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy" 同义词：surround,
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires" 同义词：put out,
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" 同义词：asphyxiate, suffocate,
form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"
例句与用法
1.
A field may be smothered with aphids . 一块田的植株可以被蚜虫盖满。
2.
He had to smother a giggle . 他得抑制住自己，不咯咯地笑出声来。
3.
Young tiller will have been smothered . 幼嫩的分蘖受到抑制。
4.
They smother his better instinct . 这些声音窒息了他的良知。
5.
He smothered the fuel with a blanket . 他用毯子覆盖住燃料。
6.
The recommendation of the commitee was smothered up . 委员会的建议被扣压下来。
7.
I smothered the retort that rose to my lips . 反驳他的话已到唇边，我又忍住未说。
8.
He smothered a laugh at the sudden change . 他看到这突如其来的变化，硬是忍住了笑。
9.
It was like being smothered by a feather bed . 这好象蒙了一床鸭绒被，捂得令人窒息。
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He wrapped the coat around her head, smothering the flames . 他用上衣包住她的头，熄灭了火。
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