suffocate
UKsʌfəkeit
US'sʌfə'keıt
معنی فارسی
خفه کردن ، راه نفس (کسي) را گرفتن ،
خاموش يا خفه کردن ، خفه شدن ، احساس خفگي
معنی کامل و مثال‌ها
/suf´ǝ kāt´/vi., vt.
● خفه کردن یا شدن، جلو دمزنی یا اکسیژن رسانی را گرفتن
children left in a box suffocated
بچه‌هایی که آنها را در جعبه گذاشته بودند خفه شدند.
● (در اثر گرما یا دود و غیره) دچار تنگی نفس شدن
the room was so crowded and hot that I was suffocating
اتاق آنقدر شلوغ و گرم بود که نمی‌توانستم نفس بکشم.
● (به ویژه رشد یا پیشرفت) جلوگیری کردن، سرکوب کردن یا شدن
تعریف انگلیسی
verb
- 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” “Somebody ----s somebody” “Something ----s somebody” “They want to suffocate the prisoners”
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of “The foul air was slowly suffocating the children” “Something ----s somebody” “Something ----s something”
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen “The child suffocated under the pillow” “Somebody ----s”
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of “His job suffocated him” “Something ----s somebody” “Something ----s something”
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled “He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village” “Somebody ----s”
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air “The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating” “Somebody ----s something”
- struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake “he swallowed a fishbone and gagged” “Somebody ----s” “Somebody ----s on something” “Somebody ----s PP”
مترادف‌ها
verb active
1. Stifle, smother, choke, strangle, kill (by stopping respiration).
2. Destroy, extinguish.