1. vt. 使窒息，使透不过气 stop air from reaching a person or thing
2. vt. 覆盖 cover thickly or completely
3. vt. 忍住，抑制 keep back,suppress (one's anger,etc.)
4. vt. 闷住，闷熄 put out (a fire), cause (a fire) to burn slowly,by covering it with ashes,sand,etc.

1. a confused multitude of things

2. a stifling cloud of smoke

1. envelop completely;

   "smother the meat in gravy"
   

2. 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"
   

3. conceal or hide;

   "smother a yawn"
   "muffle one's anger"
   "strangle a yawn"
   

4. form an impenetrable cover over;

   "the butter cream smothered the cake"
   

5. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion;

   "smother fires"
   

1. Don't put that cloth over the baby's face,you'll smother him!
   不要把布盖在那个婴儿脸上，会使他窒息的！
2. I just managed to smother a yawn.
   我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。
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3. In autumn the grass is smothered with leaves.
   秋天草地上盖满了枯叶。
4. The fire is smothered by ashes.
   火被灰闷熄了。

• We..brought the boat to in a smother of foam.

  出自：R. H. Dana

• The muffle and smother of these fallen clouds.

  出自：R. L. Stevenson

Make sure that your meal won be smothered with white sauce.

千万不要把自己的饭菜上都涂满白汁沙司。

Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation.

在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。

Thankfully, it wasn smothered in stringy cheese like some pizzas.

幸好它不像有些比萨饼那样上面涂满了难嚼的奶酪。

He smothered the baby with a pillow.

他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。

The fire is smothered by ashes.

火被灰闷熄了.

In autumn the grass is smothered with leaves.

秋天草地上盖满了枯叶.

The killer smothered the victim with a pillow.

杀人犯用枕头闷死了受害者.

It was like being smothered by a feather bed.

这好象蒙了一床鸭绒被,捂得令人窒息.

He seemed to recollect himself presently, and smothered the storm.

他仿佛马上又镇定了,压下了这场风波.

I smothered the retort that rose to my lips.

反驳他的话已到唇边,我又忍住未说.

He could scarcely form the words . They were smothered, chocked.

他几乎连话都说不出来了,语塞了,哽住了.

If somebody squeaked, he was quickly smothered and gagged.

如果有人告密, 马上就被扼杀,从此堵上嘴巴.

She smothered the child with kisses as soon as they met.

她一见孩子就接二连三地把孩子吻个不停.

The victim was smothered to death.

受害人被窒息致死.

The wind smothered the houses with dust.

大风刮起的尘土覆盖了房子.