| 釋義 |
stifle /'staifl; 'staifl/ vt, vi 1 [VP6A, 2A] give or have the feeling that breathing is difficult: 使或一感到窒息; 使或感到呼吸困難： They were ~d by the Heat. 他們熱得透不過(guò)氣來(lái)。 The heat was stifling. 熱得令人透不國(guó)氣來(lái)。 The smoke filled the building and almost ~d the firemen. 建筑物里滿是煙，幾乎使救火員窒息。 2 [VP6A] suppress; put down; keep back: 鎮(zhèn)壓; 牧平; 阻遏; 抑止： ~ a rebellion; 枚平叛亂; ~ a yawn/a cry/one's laughter. 抑止耐欠 (哭叫,笑) 。 |