n. the thick,smothering (i. e. suffocating)smoke 足以使人窒息的濃煙。
△As.1.2.304 (287):“Thusmust I from the smoke into the smother，”i. e. out ofthe frying pan into the fire from a bad situatio n toan even worse one.這樣一來，我得走出濃煙跳進烈火(又譯：跳出油鍋進入火坑)。
smother
vt.
1.suffocate,stifle 使窒息，把…悶死。
smother up: suffocate,stifle 使窒息，把…悶死。
△Ado.4.1.113 (112):“Smother her spirits up.”把她的生命力窒息了。
△H.V.4.5.19: “We are enow yet living inthe field /To smother up the English in our throngs，”在戰(zhàn)場上我們還有不少的人活著，擠成一團，也能把英國人悶死。
2. suppress,cover up,conceal 隱瞞，掩蓋，隱蔽。
△1H.VI.4.1.109:“Your private grudge,my Lord ofYork,will out,/ Though ne’er so cunningly yousmother it.”約克大人，你深藏于心的仇恨，不管你掩蓋得多么巧妙，總是要暴露出來的。
△R.III.4.4.70: “Untimelysmothered in their dusky graves.”過早地被掩埋進了陰暗的墳?zāi)估铩?/p>