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asphyxiate

英[əs'fɪksɪeɪt] 美[əs'fɪksɪet]
  • vt. 使…窒息
  • vi. 窒息

英英释意


1. deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
"The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
2. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
3. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
"The child suffocated under the pillow"