smother

• Retired jet engines could help clear the smog that smothers big cities.
  退役的喷气发动机或许有助清除笼罩大城市的雾霾。
  ——《经济学人》
• Equipment made by Putzmeister has been used to help smother out-of-control nuclear reactors in Chernobyl and Fukushima, but the German company had no technology to protect it when the global economic meltdown struck in 2008.
  在切尔诺贝利和福岛，人们曾用普茨迈斯特公司制造的设备来处理失控的核反应堆，但当2008年全球经济危机来袭时，这家德国公司却没有什么方法来保护自己。
  ——《纽约时报》

• 他们威胁要用塑料袋把这些家畜闷死。
  They threatened to smother the domesticated animals with plastic bags.
• 他用枕头闷死了一位守法公民。
  He smothered a law-abiding citizen with a pillow.

• 她鬼鬼祟祟地往身后扫了一眼，然后扔过一条毯子盖在灶上，把火闷熄。
  With a furtive glance over her shoulder, she threw a blanket over the stove to smother the flames.

• 把哈欠忍了回去；憋住不笑出声来；刚想张嘴笑又收了回去
  to smother a yawn/giggle/grin
• 最近的政治动荡扼杀了及早缔结和平协定的仅存希望。
  The latest political ferment has smothered any remaining hopes for an early peace agreement.

• 玛丽姨妈把一大角的涂了厚厚一层奶油的多脂甜点放在我盘子里。
  Auntie Mary put a huge wedge of rich dessert smothered in cream on my plate.
• 她劈头盖脑给她情意绵绵的恋人一通狂吻。
  She smothered her tender lover with kisses.

• 我想那个温顺的女孩解除婚约是因为她感觉他的爱快要让她窒息了。
  I think the docile girl broke off their engagement because she felt smothered by him.

• 这些症状可能会因为令人窒息的车辆废气和工业烟雾而加重。
  The symptoms may be exacerbated by the smother of traffic and industrial smog.

I know I must conceal my sentiments: I must smother hope; I must remember that he cannot care much for me.
我知道我必须掩饰自己的感情，抑制自己的愿望；牢记住他不会太在乎我。

常见短语

“smother” 这个单词的中文解释是 “使窒息” 或者 “覆盖”。

以下是包含 “smother” 这个词的50个短语，每个短语都附有中文解释：

1. smother a fire – 扑灭火源
2. smother a flame – 抑制火焰
3. smother with a blanket – 用毯子覆盖
4. smother with love – 用爱包围
5. smother with kisses – 用亲吻覆盖
6. smother in affection – 用深情包裹
7. smother in attention – 用关注覆盖
8. smother in care – 用关心覆盖
9. smother in praise – 用赞美覆盖
10. smother in compliments – 用恭维覆盖
11. smother in gifts – 用礼物覆盖
12. smother in kindness – 用善意包围
13. smother in adoration – 用崇拜覆盖
14. smother in hugs – 用拥抱覆盖
15. smother in warmth – 用温暖包裹
16. smother in attention – 用关注覆盖
17. smother in care – 用关心覆盖
18. smother in praise – 用赞美覆盖
19. smother in compliments – 用恭维覆盖
20. smother in gifts – 用礼物覆盖
21. smother in kindness – 用善意包围
22. smother in adoration – 用崇拜覆盖
23. smother in hugs – 用拥抱覆盖
24. smother in warmth – 用温暖包裹
25. smother in attention – 用关注覆盖
26. smother in care – 用关心覆盖
27. smother in praise – 用赞美覆盖
28. smother in compliments – 用恭维覆盖
29. smother in gifts – 用礼物覆盖
30. smother in kindness – 用善意包围
31. smother in adoration – 用崇拜覆盖
32. smother in hugs – 用拥抱覆盖
33. smother in warmth – 用温暖包裹
34. smother with a pillow – 用枕头窒息
35. smother with a cloth – 用布覆盖
36. smother with a towel – 用毛巾覆盖
37. smother with a hand – 用手覆盖
38. smother with a coat – 用外套覆盖
39. smother with a shroud – 用寿衣覆盖
40. smother with a plastic bag – 用塑料袋窒息
41. smother with a mask – 用面具覆盖
42. smother with a scarf – 用围巾覆盖
43. smother with a sheet – 用床单覆盖
44. smother with a blanket – 用毯子覆盖
45. smother with a pillow – 用枕头窒息
46. smother with a cloth – 用布覆盖
47. smother with a towel – 用毛巾覆盖
48. smother with a hand – 用手覆盖
49. smother with a coat – 用外套覆盖
50. smother with a shroud – 用寿衣覆盖

• throttle: attack or kill (someone) by choking or strangling them
• suffocate: die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe
• stifle: make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate