suffocate
翻译
使窒息, 窒息而死, 扼杀
例句
He tried to suffocate her with a pillow.
他试图用枕头把她闷死。
The room was so hot I felt I would suffocate.
房间太热了，我觉得快要窒息了。
The new rules will suffocate creativity.
新规定会扼杀创造力。
语法模式
((sb.)) ((with sth.)) 用（某物）使（某人）窒息 He tried to suffocate her with a pillow.
（不及物动词）窒息，呼吸困难 The room was so hot I felt I would suffocate.
((sth.)) 扼杀（某事物） The new rules will suffocate creativity.
近义词
同义词: choke, smother, stifle, asphyxiate
词源
源自拉丁语“suffocare”，由“sub-”（在...之下）和“fauces”（喉咙）组成。字面意思是“在喉咙下窒息”。
记忆技巧
想象喉咙里被“塞满”（stuffed）东西，导致呼吸困难。“suff-”的发音与“stuffed”相似。