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smoth·er AHD[smŭY“ər] D.J.[ˈsmʌðə]K.K.[ˈsmʌðɚ]v.（动词）smoth.ered, smoth.er.ing, smoth.ers v.tr.（及物动词）- To suffocate (another).使窒息：闷死（某人）
- To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.闷熄：（给火焰）去掉必需的氧气，使其不能燃烧
- To conceal, suppress, or hide:隐藏，压迫或躲藏：Management smothered the true facts of the case. We smothered our indignation and pressed onward.管理层隐瞒了这件事的真相。我们暂时压下怒气，继续前进
- To cover (a foodstuff) thickly with another foodstuff:厚厚地覆盖：将（一种食物）厚厚地盖在另一食物上：smother chicken in sauce.用佐料厚厚地涂在鸡肉上
- To lavish a surfeit of a given emotion on (someone):溺爱：过多地（对某人）投入某种感情：The grandparents smothered the child with affection.祖父母们溺爱这孩子
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To suffocate.窒息，闷死
- To be extinguished.熄灭
- To be concealed or suppressed.被隐藏或被压迫
- To be surfeited with an emotion.溺爱：过多地投入感情
n.（名词）- Something, such as a dense cloud of smoke or dust, that smothers or tends to smother.使人窒息的东西：令人窒息或具有使人窒息倾向的东西，例如浓烟或沙土
- Middle English smotheren 中古英语 smotheren
- from smorther [dense smoke] * see smolder 源自 smorther [浓烟] * 参见 smolder
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