smothering 的 3 个定义
- to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
- to extinguish or deaden by covering so as to exclude air.
- to cover closely or thickly; envelop: to smother a steak with mushrooms.
- (5)
- to become stifled or suffocated; be prevented from breathing.
- to be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
- dense, stifling smoke.
- a smoking or smoldering state, as of burning matter.
- dust, fog, spray, etc., in a dense or enveloping cloud.
- an overspreading profusion of anything: a smother of papers.
smothering 近义词
extinguish; cover, hide
更多smothering例句
- Then we have to suffer through the Chief smothering him with a pillow.
- Another top contender in the Oscar race is Barbara Hershey, as the smothering mother of fragile Natalie Portman in Black Swan.
- Face Sitting Yes, Virginia, there are those who desire a big juicy ass smothering their air intake.
- We see corruption smothering entrepreneurship and good governance.
- “Etouffée” means smothered, which is how this dish should be served: smothering the rice underneath it.
- At last the lad, only half smothering a heavy sigh, buried his face in his hands and remained in this attitude several moments.
- Mars collapsed to the ground, smothering small fires beneath his bulk.
- He slept in the woods, freezing by the lonely campfire, or sweltering in the smothering heat of the summer sun.
- Smothering hydrophobic patients is still spoken of in Somerset as so practised.
- His eyes closed, and the man who was smothering him with his weight arose to defend himself against an unexpected attack.