A teenage mother was accused of smothering her 3-month-old daughter.
一个少女妈妈被指控闷死自己三个月大的女儿。
3HIDE/NOT SHOWto stop yourself from showing your feelings or from doing an action 压抑〔感情〕;克制〔行为〕SYN stifle
The girls tried to smother their giggles.
女孩们使劲忍住不笑出声来。
4EMOTIONALto give someone so much love and attention that they feel as if they are not free and become unhappy 〔因爱得太过分〕使受不了,使不自在
I don’t want him to feel smothered.
我不想让他感到窒息。
5.smother somebody with kissesto kiss someone a lot 给某人一阵狂吻
Examples from the Corpus
smother somebody with kisses• She laughed and screamed until I had to smother her mouth with kisses.
6BURN#to make a fire stop burning by preventing air from reaching it 把〔火〕闷熄
We used a wet towel to smother the fire.
我们用一块湿毛巾把火扑灭。
7STOP something THAT IS HAPPENINGto get rid of anyone who opposes you – used to show disapproval 清除,压制〔反对者;含贬义〕
They ruthlessly smother all opposition.
他们无情地清除所有异己。
Examples from the Corpus
smother• I had to end it with Tim - I felt like I was being smothered.• Nancy smothered a smile.• The story - and, apparently, the memory - had been smothered by greater horrors.• Caliph Marwan Ibn al-Hakam: smothered by his wife, Umm Khalid.• When she was 18, she smothered her 11-month-old daughter.• It smothered him like densemist.• Though prawns are low in calories, they are then smothered in a dressingloaded with them.• One girl in the ambulance was smothered in blood.• The streets of the resort were clotted with cars and smothered in the smell of fried food and suntanlotion.• The Phillies' CurtSchillingsmothered the BlueJays, 5-0.• I grabbed a blanket and tried to smother the flames.• If the victim's clothes are burning, use a blanket to smother the flames.• He flipped and stirred, measuringlumps of rice on to plates which he then smothered with a brownish stroganoff.