asphyxiate

英 [əs'fɪksieɪt] 美 [əs'fɪksieɪt]

• v. (使)窒息

英英释义

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"
   

近反义词

【近义词】

• suffocate 使窒息
• smother 窒息
• choke 窒息
• stifle 使窒息
• strangulate 使窒息
• throttle 节流阀
• strangle 勒死