suffocate
['sʌfə`ket]
vt. 使窒息, 噎住, 闷熄

vi. 闷死, 窒息, 受阻

[医] 使窒息



suffocate
[ verb ]

1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

<verb.contact> asphyxiate smother
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor

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

<verb.contact> asphyxiate choke stifle
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

3. become stultified, suppressed, or stifled

<verb.change> choke
He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village

4. suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of

<verb.change> choke
His job suffocated him

5. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

<verb.change> asphyxiate stifle
The child suffocated under the pillow

6. feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air

<verb.body>
The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating

7. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

<verb.body> choke gag strangle
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. i.
To become choked, stifled, or smothered. ``A swelling
discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without
passage.'' --collier.


Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, a. [L. suffocatus, p. p. of suffocare
to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. {Faucal}.]
Suffocated; choked. --Shak.


Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffocated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Suffocating}.]
1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to
smother.

Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak.

2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.