基本释义
- vt.
- 使窒息
- vi.
- 窒息
词性变化
- 第三人称单数:asphyxiates;
- 过去式:asphyxiated;
- 过去分词:asphyxiated;
- 现在分词:asphyxiating;
- 名词:asphyxiation;
实用例句
Three people were asphyxiated in the crush for last week's train...
在上周的火车撞车事故中有3人窒息死亡。
John Doe died in his bath, asphyxiated by the fumes from a gas water-heater.
一名男子死于浴室中，死因是吸入燃气热水器中排出的气体导致窒息。
We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.
在我们被这些有毒气体窒息之前,必须查出其来源.
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英英释义
Verb
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"