smother 音标拼音: [sm'ʌðɚ]
vt . 使喘不过气,使窒息,闷熄,忍住,抑制,覆盖
vi . 窒息,被抑制
n . 浓烟
使喘不过气,使窒息,闷熄,忍住,抑制,覆盖窒息,被抑制浓烟
smother n 1 :
a confused multitude of things [
synonym : {
clutter }, {
jumble },
{
muddle }, {
fuddle }, {
mare '
s nest }, {
welter }, {
smother }]
2 :
a stifling cloud of smoke v 1 :
envelop completely ; "
smother the meat in gravy " [
synonym :
{
smother }, {
surround }]
2 :
deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing ; "
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow "; "
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor " [
synonym : {
smother }, {
asphyxiate }, {
suffocate }]
3 :
conceal or hide ; "
smother a yawn "; "
muffle one '
s anger ";
"
strangle a yawn " [
synonym : {
smother }, {
stifle }, {
strangle },
{
muffle }, {
repress }]
4 :
form an impenetrable cover over ; "
the butter cream smothered the cake "
5 :
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion ; "
smother fires " [
synonym : {
smother }, {
put out }]
Smother \
Smoth "
er \,
v .
i .
1 .
To be suffocated or stifled .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To burn slowly ,
without sufficient air ;
to smolder .
[
1913 Webster ]
Smother \
Smoth "
er \,
n . [
OE .
smorther .
See {
Smother },
v .
t .]
1 .
Stifling smoke ;
thick dust . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A state of suppression . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Not to keep their suspicions in smother . --
Bacon .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering ,
as smoke ,
fog ,
the foam of the sea ,
a confused multitude of things .
Then they vanished ,
swallowed up in the grayness of the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm .
--
The Century .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Smother fly } (
Zool .),
an aphid .
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1913 Webster ]
Smother \
Smoth "
er \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Smothered };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Smothering }.] [
OE .
smotheren ;
akin to E .
smoor .
See {
Smoor }.]
1 .
To destroy the life of by suffocation ;
to deprive of the air necessary for life ;
to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing ;
to suffocate ;
as ,
to smother a child .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To affect as by suffocation ;
to stife ;
to deprive of air by a thick covering ,
as of ashes ,
of smoke ,
or the like ;
as ,
to smother a fire .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
Hence ,
to repress the action of ;
to cover from public view ;
to suppress ;
to conceal ;
as ,
to smother one '
s displeasure .
[
1913 Webster ]
192 Moby Thesaurus words for "
smother ":
OD ,
abate ,
allay ,
alleviate ,
asphyxiate ,
assuage ,
attemper ,
bake ,
bank the fire ,
be in heat ,
be killed ,
beat ,
black out ,
blanket ,
blaze ,
bloom ,
blow out ,
blunt ,
boil ,
bottle up ,
box ,
broil ,
burke ,
burn ,
case ,
censor ,
chasten ,
check ,
choke ,
choke off ,
clamp down on ,
clobber ,
collect ,
combust ,
conceal ,
constrain ,
control ,
cook ,
cool ,
cork ,
cork up ,
cover ,
cover up ,
crack down on ,
crate ,
crush ,
damp ,
damp down ,
dampen ,
de -
emphasize ,
deaden ,
diminish ,
douse ,
downplay ,
drown ,
drub ,
dull ,
embox ,
embrace ,
encapsulate ,
encase ,
enfold ,
enshroud ,
envelop ,
enwrap ,
extenuate ,
extinguish ,
famish ,
flame ,
flame up ,
flare ,
flare up ,
flicker ,
flush ,
fry ,
gag ,
garrote ,
gasp ,
glow ,
hide ,
hold back ,
hold down ,
hugger -
mugger ,
hush ,
hush up ,
hush -
hush ,
incandesce ,
inhibit ,
inundate ,
invest ,
jump on ,
keep back ,
keep down ,
keep under ,
keep within bounds ,
kill ,
lambaste ,
lap ,
lay ,
lenify ,
lessen ,
lick ,
lighten ,
mask ,
mitigate ,
moderate ,
modulate ,
muffle ,
muzzle ,
obtund ,
out ,
overcome ,
overwhelm ,
pack ,
package ,
palliate ,
pant ,
parch ,
play down ,
pour water on ,
put down ,
put out ,
quash ,
quell ,
quench ,
radiate heat ,
reduce ,
reduce the temperature ,
rein ,
repress ,
restrain ,
roast ,
scald ,
scorch ,
seethe ,
sheathe ,
shellac ,
shimmer with heat ,
shower ,
shroud ,
shush ,
shut down on ,
silence ,
simmer ,
simmer down ,
sit down on ,
sit on ,
slack ,
slacken ,
slow down ,
smash ,
smear ,
smolder ,
snuff ,
snuff out ,
sober ,
sober down ,
soften ,
spark ,
squash ,
squelch ,
stamp out ,
stanch ,
starve ,
steam ,
stew ,
stifle ,
stop the breath ,
strangle ,
stultify ,
subdue ,
sublimate ,
suffocate ,
suppress ,
surround ,
sweat ,
swelter ,
tame ,
temper ,
thrash ,
throttle ,
toast ,
tone down ,
trample out ,
trample underfoot ,
trim ,
tune down ,
underplay ,
weaken ,
wrap ,
wrap about ,
wrap up
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