suffocated是什么意思？

suffocated

英['sʌfəkeɪtɪd] 美['sʌfəkeɪtɪd]

• v. （使某人）窒息而死( suffocate的过去式和过去分词 )，（将某人）闷死，让人感觉闷热，憋气；

例句

• The baby suffocated under its pillow. 婴儿闷死在枕头下。
• The smoke and fumes almost suffocated me. 烟雾差点儿把我闷死了。
• I nearly suffocated when the pipe of my breathing apparatus came adrift. 呼吸器上的管子脱落时，我差点给憋死。
• He either suffocated, or froze to death. 他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。
• Such a cool invigorating sky and he had such a broad chest, yet he felt suffocated. 这么凉爽的天,他的胸脯又是那么宽, 可是他觉到空气仿佛不够,胸中非常憋闷.
• Feeling suffocated and dizzy from time to time is a sign of angiocardiopathy. 经常头晕憋气是心血管疾病的险兆.
• The airlessness of the room suffocated her. 房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。
• They were suffocated as they slept. 他们睡觉时窒息而死。
• He either suffocated, or froze to death... 他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• V-ERG
  (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.
  例句
  He either suffocated, or froze to death... 他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。 They were suffocated as they slept. 他们睡觉时窒息而死。
• V-ERG
  (使)呼吸困难;(使)憋闷
  If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe.
  例句
  That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room... 这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。 The airlessness of the room suffocated her. 房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。
• V-ERG
  (受)束缚;(受)扼制
  You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop.
  例句
  After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating... 和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。 The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy. 总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。