動變: 過去式:suffocated 過去分詞:suffocated 現在進行時:suffocating
vt.
- 使窒息;把……悶死
- 扼制,壓制;阻礙
vi.
- 窒息,呼吸困難;被悶死
- 受扼制;受阻礙
衍生
a.
suffocative
n. [U]
suffocation
辨析
以上來源於:《英漢大辭典》
v.
die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.▸have or cause to have difficulty in breathing.
Derivative
- suffocating adj.
- suffocatingly adv.
- suffocation n.
Etymology
C15 (earlier (ME) as suffocation): from L. suffocat-, suffocare ‘stifle’, from sub- ‘below’ + fauces ‘throat’.
以上來源於:《簡明牛津英語詞典》