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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。
使窒息；窒息
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
使窒息；窒息
to suffocate, or to cause someone to suffocate, especially by covering the face so that breathing is impossible
She smothered the baby with a pillow.
她用枕头闷死了婴儿。
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.
smother
Base
原形
smothers
3rd person
第三人称单数
smothering
-ing
现在分词
smothered
Past
过去式
smothered
Past participle
过去分词
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。
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。
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。
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。
Not this
She tried to smother, but her tears came out.
Use this
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。
Not this
He smothered the fire by a wet cloth.
Use this
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）。