smother

verb

1. 使窒息而死；闷死
   to kill sb by covering their face so that they cannot breathe
   1. He smothered the baby with a pillow.
      他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。
2. （用某物）厚厚地覆盖
   to cover sth/sb thickly or with too much of sth
   1. a rich dessert smothered in cream
      涂了厚厚一层奶油的多脂甜点
   2. She smothered him with kisses.
      她劈头盖脑给他一通狂吻。
3. 抑制；扼杀；忍住
   to prevent sth from developing or being expressed
   1. to smother a yawn/giggle/grin
      把哈欠忍了回去；憋住不笑出声来；刚想张嘴笑又收了回去
   2. The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered.
      反对党的声音被有效地压制了下去。
4. （因溺爱等）使…觉得压抑
   to give sb too much love or protection so that they feel restricted
   1. Her husband was very loving, but she felt smothered.
      丈夫对她百般宠爱，但这让她觉得不自在。
5. 把（火）闷熄
   to make a fire stop burning by covering it with sth
   1. He tried to smother the flames with a blanket.
      他试图用毯子把火扑灭。

1. VERB 将(火)闷熄
   If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out.
   1. The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
      女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。
2. VERB 使…透不过气来;使…窒息;闷死
   To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe.
   1. A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.
      一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己 6 周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。
3. VERB 盖满;完全覆盖
   Things that smother something cover it completely.
   1. Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
      一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗，我们就得把它们移走。
4. VERB 宠爱;溺爱
   If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much.
   1. She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
      她十分疼爱自己的孩子，几乎到了溺爱的程度。
   2. ...a smothering, overprotective mother.
      对孩子过分溺爱、过度保护的母亲
5. VERB 压抑，控制(感情或反应)
   If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it.
   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. ...smothered giggles.
      忍住的咯咯笑
6. VERB 压制，钳制，扼杀，镇压 (某种活动或过程)
   If an activity or process is smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing.
   1. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation...
      在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。
   2. The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.
      波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。

1. The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
   女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。
2. A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.
   一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己6周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。
3. Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
   一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗，我们就得把它们移走。
4. She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
   她十分疼爱自己的孩子，几乎到了溺爱的程度。
5. 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。
6. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation
   在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。
7. The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.
   波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。
8. Again, comparing to the greenhouse, it can either smother you, or help you grow.
   同样用温室来比较，它可以去令你窒息；又可以帮助你成长。
9. A smother of spray dashed up, wetting his face.
   一阵水花扑来，溅湿了他的脸。
10. The particular interests outweigh or smother the common good.
    特殊利益会扼杀或凌驾于公共利益之上。
11. They smother his better instinct.
    这些声音窒息了他的良知。
12. You'll smother him if you put that cloth over the baby's face.
    你若把那块布盖在婴儿的脸上，你会把他憋死的！
13. The robber didn't manage to smother his cough and was discovered by security guards.
    盗贼忍不住咳嗽了-下，结果被警卫发现了。
14. I turned into the pillows and tried to smother my sobs.
    我掉过脸埋进枕头堆里，极力压制我的哭泣。
15. Your wife tried to smother your son.
    你妻子要闷死你儿子。
16. I shall send you the most beatiful flowers. I was born smother you with flowers.
    我将送你这世上最美的花。我出生，是为了将你用花淹没。
17. It was used to smother your daughter.
    你女儿就是被它闷死的。
18. If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it.
    在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。
19. It was intended that the bed would smother me where I lay.
    是有人在有意想用这张床把我闷死在躺着的地方。
20. Mei paused, pressing her handkerchief to her mouth to smother a few coughs.
    她停了片刻，用手帕掩住嘴咳了两声嗽。
21. He could hardly smother his anger.
    他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。
22. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it;
    政府能够也必须提供机会，不是封杀机会；
23. Fire fighters have to smother oil fires with a blanket of powder or foam.
    消防战士们在灭这种火的时候，用各种可能的粉末或泡沫。
24. They try to smother the flames with a damp blanket.
    他们试图用湿毯子把火扑灭。
25. She tried to smother her sobs.
    她想忍住不哭。
26. Hudson had learned to smother any feelings of anger.
    哈得森学会了控制怒气。
27. Do not use nylon or other inflammable materials to smother the flames.
    不要用尼龙或者其他易燃的布料来熄灭火焰。
28. You cannot smother this girl or she will literally get sick of you.
    你不能让这个女孩喘不过气来，否则不夸张地说她会厌烦你。
29. Does she smother to death animatedly like this?
    难道她就这样要活生生的憋死吗？
30. Drop a handkerchief and it will return to smother you.
    掉落的手绢一定会闷死你。

noun

1. a stifling cloud of smoke

2. a confused multitude of things

   Synonym:    clutterjumblemuddlefuddlemare's nestwelter

verb

1. conceal or hide
   1. smother a yawn
   2. muffle one's anger
   3. strangle a yawn

   Synonym:    stiflestranglemufflerepress

2. envelop completely
   1. smother the meat in gravy

   Synonym:    surround

3. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
   1. smother fires

   Synonym:    put out

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

   Synonym:    asphyxiatesuffocate

5. form an impenetrable cover over
   1. the butter cream smothered the cake