suffocate
翻譯
使窒息, 窒息而死, 扼殺
例句
He tried to suffocate her with a pillow.
他試圖用枕頭把她悶死。
The room was so hot I felt I would suffocate.
房間太熱了，我覺得快要窒息了。
The new rules will suffocate creativity.
新規定會扼殺創造力。
文法模式
((sb.)) ((with sth.)) 用（某物）使（某人）窒息 He tried to suffocate her with a pillow.
（不及物動詞）窒息，呼吸困難 The room was so hot I felt I would suffocate.
((sth.)) 扼殺（某事物） The new rules will suffocate creativity.
近義詞
同義詞: choke, smother, stifle, asphyxiate
詞源
源自拉丁語「suffocare」，由「sub-」（在...之下）和「fauces」（喉嚨）組成。字面意思是「在喉嚨下窒息」。
記憶技巧
想像喉嚨裡被「塞滿」（stuffed）東西，導致呼吸困難。「suff-」的發音與「stuffed」相似。