vt.

1. 使窒息，使透不過氣來；把……悶死
   The victim was smothered to death.

   受害人被窒息致死。

2. （用灰等）悶熄；悶住（火）[（+with）]
   He smothered the flame with a wet blanket.

   他用一條濕毯將火焰悶熄。

3. 忍住，抑制；扼殺
   She tried to smother her sobs.

   她想忍住不哭。

4. 掩飾[（+up）]
   He attempted to smother up a scandal about his family.

   他企圖掩飾有關他家庭的醜聞。

5. 厚厚地覆蓋[（+in/with）]
6. 把……鎮服；使大敗
7. 過多地給予[（+with）]
   Mary smothers her children with too much love.

   瑪麗溺愛自己的孩子。

vi.

1. 窒息；悶死
   I'm smothering in this stuffy room.

   在這個悶熱的房間裡我透不過氣來。

2. 被掩飾；被抑制；被扼殺

n.

1. 令人窒息的濃煙（或霧氣、塵埃等）[the S]
   The air is polluted with the smother of traffic and industrial smog.

   空氣被令人窒息的車輛廢氣和工業煙霧汙染了。

2. 窒息狀態；被抑制狀態

v.

1. suffocate by covering the nose and mouth.
2. extinguish (a fire) by covering it.
3. (smother someone/thing in/with) cover someone or something entirely with.
4. cause to feel trapped and oppressed.
5. suppress (a feeling or action).
   ▸(in sport) stop the motion of (the ball or a shot).

n.