stifle
v
1 [I, Tn] feel or make (sb) unable to breathe (easily) because of lack of fresh air; suffocate 感到窒息; 使(某人)不能(順暢)呼吸
We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed. 我們在那間關著窗戶的熱屋子里, 簡直透不過氣來.
a baby stifled by a pillow 被枕頭捂住無法呼吸的嬰兒
The smoke filled the room and almost stifled the firemen. 屋里濃煙彌漫嗆得消防隊員喘不過氣來.
2 [Tn] extinguish (a fire); put out 熄滅(火); 撲滅
stifle flames with a blanket 用毯子撲滅火焰.
3 [Tn] suppress (sth); restrain 鎮(zhèn)壓(某事物); 遏制
stifle a rebellion 平息叛亂
stifle a yawn, laugh, cry, sob, etc 忍住哈欠、 笑、 哭、 抽泣等
(derog 貶) stifle ideas, initiative 壓制思想、 主動性.