suffocate

verb

1. （使）窒息而死；（把…）闷死
   to die because there is no air to breathe; to kill sb by not letting them breathe air
   1. Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars.
      许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
   2. The couple were suffocated by fumes from a faulty gas fire.
      由于劣质煤气取暖器漏气，这对夫妇窒息而死。
   3. He put the pillow over her face and suffocated her.
      他用枕头捂住她的脸，把她憋死了。
   4. She felt suffocated by all the rules and regulations.
      她受不了所有那些条条框框的束缚。
2. 让人感觉闷热；憋气
   if it is suffocating , it is very hot and there is little fresh air
   1. Can I open a window? It's suffocating in here!
      我可以打开窗户吗？这里面都快把人闷死了！

1. V-ERG (使)窒息而死;(把…)闷死
   If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe.
   1. He either suffocated, or froze to death...
      他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。
   2. They were suffocated as they slept.
      他们睡觉时窒息而死。
2. V-ERG (使)呼吸困难;(使)憋闷
   If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe.
   1. That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room...
      这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。
   2. The airlessness of the room suffocated her.
      房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。
3. V-ERG (受)束缚;(受)扼制
   You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop.
   1. After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating...
      和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
   2. The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy.
      总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。

1. He either suffocated, or froze to death
   他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。
2. They were suffocated as they slept.
   他们睡觉时窒息而死。
3. That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room
   这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。
4. The airlessness of the room suffocated her.
   房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。
5. After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating
   和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
6. The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy.
   总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。
7. In open societies that respect the sanctity of the individual and our free will, or in closed societies that suffocate the soul?
   生活在尊重个人的神圣权利和我们的自由意志的开放社会中还是在窒息灵魂的封闭社会里？
8. But they do suffocate from a lack of air.
   但它们确实也会因为缺少空气而窒息。
9. Have you ever seen a human being suffocate?
   你有没有见过一个人窒息而死啊？
10. We don't have one. yen's gonna suffocate.
    我们得快点，袁快要窒息了。
11. You won't suffocate, if that's what you are worried about.
    你不会窒息，如果你担心的话。
12. But you would still suffocate.
    可你还是会窒息而死。
13. I do not intend to suffocate in a county hospital.
    我不想在乡村医院被闷死。
14. Thought I was going to suffocate.
    我刚刚都快窒息了。
15. She felt often she must suffocate.
    她不时感到自己非窒息致死不可。
16. If he was gonna beat me or suffocate me.
    他到底想打死我还是熏死我。
17. If my soul to heaven, I will suffocate because it is white everywhere paradise.
    如果我的魂魄到了天堂，我将闷死，因为听说天堂到处是白色。
18. The stale air made us suffocate.
    浑浊的空气使我们感到窒息。
19. Yes, they can keep air off the skin to some extent, but that's what a good antioxidant is supposed to do; they do not suffocate skin!
    是的，它们在某种程度上能把空气和皮肤隔离开，但好的抗氧剂就是应该这么做；它们不窒息皮肤！
20. Contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste.
    如果你弄脏了自己的床，终有一天你会窒息在你自己丢弃的垃圾之中。
21. A touch on the chest silenced me: I am stout, and soon put out of breath; and, what with that and the rage, I staggered dizzily back, and felt ready to suffocate, or to burst a blood vessel.
    他当胸一拳使我住嘴了：我很胖，一下子就喘不过气来：加上那一击和愤怒，我昏沉沉地蹒跚倒退，觉得就要闷死，或者血管爆裂。
22. A free city which was not genuinely free would suffocate freedom.
    一个并不真正自由的“自由城”将使自由受到窒息。
23. Covering beds in enough pillows to suffocate an entire old people's home.
    在床上放满枕头都能把老人窒息。
24. If I don't speak out my feelings now, I think I'll suffocate.
    如果我不吐露心声的话，就会窒息的。
25. It can freeze whatever it contacts ( including your eyes), it is heavier than air and can suffocate you, and it produces a poisonous gas when it comes in contact with an open flame.
    它能使任何接触到的物质结冰（包括你的眼睛），它比空气重，会使你窒息而死，当遇到明火时，它会释放出有毒气体。
26. I fear the conservative attitudes which accompany such a greying may suffocate initiative and stifle dynamism.
    我担心，伴随年老而来的保守态度，可能会扼杀主动性和活力。
27. I could feel myself starting to suffocate.
    我能感觉到自己开始呼吸困难。
28. You're sure you didn't suffocate him first?
    你确定自己没有杀他？
29. This phase is followed by twitching and jerking, and the victim will lapse into a coma and suffocate as a consequence of convulsive spasms.
    这个阶段之后将出现颤搐和痉挛现象，受害者将由于抽搐痉挛而陷入昏迷和窒息状态。
30. The sight of buckets of fish piled on the deck left to suffocate is a sure sign of suffering.
    因此，那些堆在甲板上或生鲜市场里一桶又一桶的鱼，其奄奄一息的窒息表情无疑是极度痛苦中的哀求与暗示啊！

verb

1. struggle for breath
   1. he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

   Synonym:    gagchokestrangle

2. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
   1. The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating

3. be asphyxiated
   1. The child suffocated under the pillow

   Synonym:    stifleasphyxiate

4. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
   1. His job suffocated him

   Synonym:    choke

5. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
   1. He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village

   Synonym:    choke

6. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
   1. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

   Synonym:    stifleasphyxiatechoke

7. 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:    smotherasphyxiate