及物动词
1. (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. struggle for breath
have insufficient oxygen intake
e.g. he swallowed a fishbone and gagged
2. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
e.g. The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating
3. be asphyxiated
die from lack of oxygen
e.g. The child suffocated under the pillow
Synonym: stifleasphyxiate
4. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of
e.g. His job suffocated him
Synonym: choke
5. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled
e.g. 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
e.g. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
Synonym: stifleasphyxiatechoke
7. 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: smotherasphyxiate