stifling是什么意思？

stifling

英['staɪflɪŋ] 美[ˈstaɪflɪŋ]

• adj. 令人窒息的，沉闷的；
• v. （使）窒息，（使）窒闷( stifle的现在分词)；

副词：stiflingly;

动词：stifle;

例句

• The weather is stifling. It looks like rain. 今天太闷热, 光景是要下雨.
• They stigmatize these propositions as'stifling '. 他们把这些命题贬称 “ 琐碎”.
• A grey miasma, neither cloud nor mist low in the sky and the atmosphere was stifling. 一些似云非云,似雾非雾的灰气低低的浮在空中,使人觉得憋气.
• Everywhere was parched and stifling as if the whole ancient city were one lighted brickkiln. 处处干燥,处处烫手,处处憋闷,整个的老城像烧透的砖窑,使人喘不出气.
• The place was stifling, full of smoke and the unique beery smell of an English pub. 屋里闷得厉害, 空气里充满了烟和英国酒店特有的啤酒味.
• ...a stifling bureaucracy. 令人窒息的官僚主义
• Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling. 和父母及两个姐妹生活在一起让她感到很压抑。
• The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous. 小房间里令人窒息的热气开始让我感到恶心。
• ...the stifling bourgeois provincialism of Buxton. 巴克斯顿令人窒息的资产阶级狭隘观念

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• ADJ-GRADED
  令人窒息的;闷热的
  Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot.
  例句
  The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous. 小房间里令人窒息的热气开始让我感到恶心。
• ADJ-GRADED
  (情况)令人窒息的，令人感到压抑的
  If a situation is stifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want.
  例句
  Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling. 和父母及两个姐妹生活在一起让她感到很压抑。 ...a stifling bureaucracy. 令人窒息的官僚主义

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
  "the suppression of heresy""the quelling of the rebellion""the stifling of all dissent"
• Adjective
  1. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity;
  "the summer was sultry and oppressive""the stifling atmosphere""the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"