smother sb/sth
及物动词，表示用闷、盖等方式使窒息或熄灭。
She smothered the baby with a pillow.
她用枕头闷死了婴儿。
覆盖；笼罩；抑制；忍住；掩饰；闷熄；使窒息；闷死；阻塞呼吸。；通过覆盖或隔绝空气使(火)熄灭或闷熄。
to suffocate, or to cause someone to suffocate, especially by covering the face so that breathing is impossible
使窒息；闷死；阻塞呼吸。
To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
通过覆盖或隔绝空气使(火)熄灭或闷熄。
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
抑制；压制；消除；使丧失活力。
To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
在密闭器皿中烹煮；焖。
To cook in a close dish.
涂抹；弄脏。
To daub or smear.
被窒息；闷死。
To be suffocated.
因烟雾、灰尘、密闭覆盖或包裹等而呼吸困难。
To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
因缺氧而缓慢燃烧；闷烧。
to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
因压制或隐藏而消亡、衰弱或衰退；被扼杀；被压制或隐藏。
to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
阻挡球的踢出。
To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
阻挡踢球,使球不能踢远；当对方踢球时,近身对手伸手臂罩在球上方,球踢出后碰到其手而落地。
To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
用手臂位置阻止对手进攻。
To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
一般现在时
She smothers her feelings.
她压抑自己的感情。
She smothers the chicken with a creamy mushroom sauce before serving.
上菜前，她用浓郁的蘑菇酱把鸡肉完全盖住。
用法提示：smother 在这里是及物动词，表示用某物厚厚地覆盖在另一物上。
The small town was smothered in snow after the heavy storm.
暴风雪过后，那个小镇被厚厚的积雪完全覆盖。
用法提示：smother 用在被动语态中，表示某物被大面积地覆盖。
Don't smother the cake with too much icing; it will be too sweet.
别在蛋糕上涂太多糖霜，那样会太甜。
用法提示：smother 作为祈使句中的及物动词，强调用某物完全包裹或覆盖的动作。
及物动词，表示用闷、盖等方式使窒息或熄灭。
She smothered the baby with a pillow.
她用枕头闷死了婴儿。
及物动词，表示抑制情感或反应。
He smothered a laugh during the ceremony.
在仪式上他忍住没笑出来。
及物动词，常用于食物，表示厚厚地覆盖。
The pizza was smothered in cheese.
比萨饼上铺满了奶酪。
最直接的近义词，既可指使人窒息而死，也可指感到呼吸困难；语气比 smother 更中性。
可指捂住口鼻使人窒息，也常引申为压制感情、声音等；引申义与 smother 的“抑制”义接近。
较正式或医学术语，强调因缺氧而窒息，多用于书面或专业语境。
常指异物堵住喉咙或气道受阻而窒息，不一定有外部覆盖动作，强调呼吸道被阻塞。
特指用手或绳索勒紧颈部使窒息，与 smother 的“捂住口鼻”方式不同，需注意动作部位的区别。
grammar · medium
易错句子She tried to smother, but her tears came out.
正确表达She tried to smother her feelings, but her tears came out.
‘smother’ 作‘抑制’讲时为及物动词，必须接宾语，而中文对应动词可省略宾语。
grammar · medium
易错句子He smothered the fire by a wet cloth.
正确表达He smothered the fire with a wet cloth.
表达‘用……覆盖/熄灭’时，介词用 with 表示工具，而非 by（by 用于引出施动者）。
所选义项为 smother 的“抑制、压制（感情或发展）”义（suppress），这些反义词表示相反动作；不可用于“使窒息”义。
与“忍住、抑制（笑、感情等）”相对，指把情绪或想法表露出来。
与“抑制、克制”相对，指让情绪或想法自然宣泄出来。
smother强调用覆盖物闷死，suffocate则更强调因缺氧（如空气不足）而窒息。
stifle侧重压制声音、情绪或行为，也指闷热；smother侧重用覆盖物闷死或过度抑制。
overwhelm强调被大量事物压垮或情感上被淹没，而smother更多指物理上的覆盖或过度保护。
把火闷灭；扑灭
She smothered the flames with a damp towel.
她用湿毛巾把火焰闷灭了。
把某人亲得透不过气来
The grandmother smothered the baby with kisses.
祖母把婴儿亲得透不过气来。
忍住哈欠
He tried to smother a yawn during the meeting.
开会时他努力忍住哈欠。
用酱汁焖透；裹满酱汁
The recipe says to smother the chicken in a rich mushroom sauce.
食谱上说要用浓郁的蘑菇酱把鸡肉焖透。
镇压叛乱；平息叛乱
The government smothered the rebellion quickly.
政府迅速镇压了叛乱。
过分体贴（或热情）使某人受不了
She loves her son so much that she often smothers him with kindness.
她太爱儿子了，常常对他过分体贴，让他受不了。
忍住哈欠
He tried to smother a yawn during the long presentation.
在冗长的演示中，他尽量忍住不打哈欠。
在某人脸上亲个不停
Grandma smothered the baby with kisses.
奶奶在宝宝脸上亲个不停。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.