asphyxiate
英 [əs'fɪksɪeɪt]
美[əs'fɪksɪet]
GRE
词态变化
第三人称单数: asphyxiates;过去式: asphyxiated;过去分词: asphyxiated;现在分词: asphyxiating;名词: asphyxiation;
英文词源
- asphyxiate (v.)
- 1818, "to suffocate" (someone or something), from asphyxia + -ate (2). Related: Asphyxiated; asphyxiating.
双语例句
- 1. 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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英英释意
- 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"
实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- 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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