suffocate
【使窒息，窒息而死】
单词：suffocate
🔹 发音：
- 美式发音：[ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt] (/ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt/)
- 英式发音：[ˈsʌfəkeɪt] (/ˈsʌfəkeɪt/)
1. 释义
suffocate 是动词，主要用于描述因缺乏空气或无法呼吸而窒息的情况。它可以用来形容人在缺氧环境中感到窒息的现象，或者比喻某事物因限制或压迫而“无法生存”或“无法发展”。
主要含义
- 使窒息，窒息而死：表示因空气不足或呼吸不畅导致无法呼吸。
- 例如：The child almost suffocated in the crowded room.
（那个孩子在拥挤的房间里差点窒息。）
- 例如：The child almost suffocated in the crowded room.
- 窒息，呼吸困难：指某人因空气不足而感到无法呼吸。
- 例如：He began to suffocate from the smoke.
（他开始因烟雾而窒息。）
- 例如：He began to suffocate from the smoke.
- 抑制，压制（比喻意义）：形容某个情绪、行为或发展受到压制或限制。
- 例如：The strict rules seemed to suffocate his creativity.
（严格的规则似乎压制了他的创造力。）
- 例如：The strict rules seemed to suffocate his creativity.
2. 相关词汇
| 词汇 | 含义 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|
| asphyxiate | 使窒息，缺氧致死 | The smoke asphyxiated the people trapped in the building.（烟雾使被困在建筑物中的人窒息。） |
| strangle | 扼杀，勒死 | He tried to strangle his opponent during the fight.（他在打斗中试图勒死对方。） |
| choke | 窒息，阻塞 | She choked on a piece of food.（她被一块食物噎住了。） |
3. 例句
- suffocate 常用来描述因缺氧或压抑环境而导致的窒息或呼吸困难。
- 例如：The fire was so intense that the smoke made it hard to breathe and people started to suffocate.
（火势如此猛烈，烟雾让人很难呼吸，人们开始窒息。） - 例如：He felt like the heavy workload was suffocating him.
（他觉得繁重的工作量正在压得他透不过气来。） - 例如：The plastic bag over her head caused her to suffocate.
（她头上的塑料袋使她窒息。） - 例如：The lack of proper ventilation in the room made him feel as though he was about to suffocate.
（房间里缺乏通风使他感觉自己快要窒息了。）
- 例如：The fire was so intense that the smoke made it hard to breathe and people started to suffocate.
4. 近义词对比
| 词汇 | 含义 | 例句 |
|---|---|---|
| suffocate | 窒息，透不过气 | The fire made it hard to breathe and people started to suffocate.（火灾让呼吸困难，人们开始窒息。） |
| asphyxiate | 窒息，致命的缺氧 | The gas leak caused them to asphyxiate.（煤气泄漏使他们窒息。） |
| choke | 窒息，阻塞，噎住 | He choked on a piece of meat.（他被一块肉噎住了。） |
| strangle | 扼杀，勒死 | The attacker tried to strangle him.（攻击者试图勒死他。） |
5. 总结
- suffocate 主要指因缺氧或空气不足而无法呼吸的情况，也可用于描述某物因受到压制而“无法生存或发展”的情境。