| 释义 |
stifle /'staifl; 'staifl/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 2A] give or have the feeling that breathing is difficult: 使或一感到窒息; 使或感到呼吸困难： They were ~d by the Heat. 他们热得透不过气来。 The heat was stifling. 热得令人透不国气来。 The smoke filled the building and almost ~d the firemen. 建筑物里满是烟，几乎使救火员窒息。 2 [VP6A] suppress; put down; keep back: 镇压; 牧平; 阻遏; 抑止： ~ a rebellion; 枚平叛乱; ~ a yawn/a cry/one's laughter. 抑止耐欠 (哭叫,笑) 。 |