asphyxiate
英 [əs'fɪksɪeɪt]
美[əs'fɪksɪet]
- vt. 使…窒息
- vi. 窒息
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"