suffocated

英 [ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪd]

美 [ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪd]

v.  (使)窒息而死; (把…)闷死; 让人感觉闷热; 憋气
suffocate的过去分词和过去式

过去式：suffocated　过去分词：suffocated　

柯林斯词典

• V-ERG (使)窒息而死;(把…)闷死
  If someonesuffocatesoris suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe.
  1. He either suffocated, or froze to death...
     他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。
  2. They were suffocated as they slept.
     他们睡觉时窒息而死。
• V-ERG (使)呼吸困难;(使)憋闷
  If you say that youare suffocatingor that somethingis suffocatingyou, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe.
  1. That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room...
     这样好些了，我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。
  2. The airlessness of the room suffocated her.
     房间里密不透风，憋得她喘不上气来。
• V-ERG (受)束缚;(受)扼制
  You say that a person or thingis suffocating, or that somethingis suffocatingthem, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop.
  1. After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating...
     和父母呆了几个星期后，她感到自己毫无自由。
  2. The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy.
     总督的计划可能会造成上百万人失业，并束缚经济发展。

双语例句

• Autopsy results indicate she suffocated after inhaling soil but did not determine an exact cause of death.
  验尸结果显示她是在吸入泥土后窒息的，但没有确定准确的死亡原因。
• I am suffocated by the intense heat.
  我被炎热窒息了。
• They were suffocated as they slept.
  他们睡觉时窒息而死。
• I think he suffocated her.
  我认为是他使她窒息而亡。
• I feel dizzy and suffocated. I think I have come down with heatstroke.
  我感到头晕，喘不上气来。我想是中暑了。
• Passengers suffocated in the burning aircraft.
  乘客在燃烧的飞机中窒息死亡。
• I feel suffocated if I don't speak out.
  骨鲠在喉，一吐方快。
• Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars.
  许多狗在热烘烘的汽车里给闷死了。
• He either suffocated, or froze to death
  他要么是闷死的，要么是冻死的。
• If we had arrived a minute later they would have suffocated.
  如果我们晚到一分钟，他们可能已窒息而死。