及物动词

1. 使窒息;使昏厥
If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.

1. be asphyxiated
die from lack of oxygen

e.g. The child suffocated under the pillow

Synonym: suffocatestifle

2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

e.g. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

Synonym: suffocatestiflechoke

3. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

e.g. Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor

Synonym: smothersuffocate