smother
柯林斯词典
1. V-T If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. 把 (火) 悶熄
The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames. 女孩的父母在試圖悶熄火苗時也被燒傷了。
2. V-T To smother someone means to kill them by covering their face with something so that they cannot breathe. 使窒息
He tried to smother me with a pillow. 他企圖用枕頭悶死我。
3. V-T Things that smother something cover it completely. 完全覆蓋
Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them. 一旦灌木開始把小植物完全覆蓋，我們不得不將它們移走。
4. V-T If you smother someone, you show your love for them too much and protect them too much. 溺愛
She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love. 她愛自己的孩子，幾乎愛得讓他們透不過氣。
5. V-T If you smother an emotion or a reaction, you control it so that people do not notice it. 壓抑; 抑制
She tried to smother her anger and help them resolve their conflicts. 她試圖抑制住怒氣，幫助他們解決糾紛。
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smother /ˈsmʌðə/ (smothering,smothered,smothers)
剑桥词典
smother verb [T] (COVER)
to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe
悶死，使窒息
They threatened to smother the animals with plastic bags . 他們威脇要用塑料袋把這些動物悶死。
to kill something by covering it and preventing it from receiving the substances and conditions it needs for life
摧殘，扼殺
Snow soon smothered the last of the blooms . 不久大雪便扼殺了最後的花朵。
figurative I tried desperately to smother a sneeze (= I tried not to sneeze ) during his speech . 他發言的時候，我竭力控制自己不打噴嚏。
to stop a fire from burning by covering it with something that prevents air from reaching it
把（火）悶熄
I threw a blanket over the stove to smother the flames . 我扔過一條毯子蓋在灶上，把火悶熄。
smother verb [T] (NOT DEVELOP)
to prevent something from developing or growing freely
抑制；扼殺
The latest violence has smothered any remaining hopes for an early peace agreement . 最新的暴力事件扼殺了及早締結和平協定的僅存希望。
to give someone too much love and attention so that they do not feel independent or free
過分關心愛護，溺愛
I think she broke off their engagement because she felt smothered by him. 我想她解除婚約是因爲她感覺他的愛快要讓她窒息了。