asphyxiate

GRE

英[?s?f?ksie?t]
美[?s?f?ksi?et]

基本釋義

vt.
使窒息
vi.
窒息

詞性變化

實(shí)用例句

Three people were asphyxiated in the crush for last week's train...

在上周的火車撞車事故中有3人窒息死亡。

John Doe died in his bath, asphyxiated by the fumes from a gas water-heater.

一名男子死于浴室中,死因是吸入燃?xì)鉄崴髦信懦龅臍怏w導(dǎo)致窒息。

We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.

在我們被這些有毒氣體窒息之前,必須查出其來源.

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英英釋義

Verb
  • 1. 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"

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

    "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

  • 3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;

    "The child suffocated under the pillow"

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