vt. 使喘不过气, 使窒息, 闷熄, 忍住, 抑制, 覆盖

vi. 窒息, 被抑制

n. 浓烟, 窒息状态, 杂乱无章

[法] 抑制, 遏制, 掩盖; 闷死, 使窒息, 被窒息

Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smothered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Smothering}.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See
{Smoor}.]
1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the
air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to
prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.

2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air
by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like;
as, to smother a fire.

3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public
view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's
displeasure.


Smother \Smoth"er\, v. i.
1. To be suffocated or stifled.

2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.


Smother \Smoth"er\, n. [OE. smorther. See {Smother}, v. t.]
1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. --Shak.

2. A state of suppression. [Obs.]

Not to keep their suspicions in smother. --Bacon.

3. That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering,
as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude
of things.

Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of
the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.
--The Century.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]

{Smother fly} (Zo["o]l.), an aphid.