stifle的意思|stifle的解释-里氏词典

stifle ['staɪfl.]

vt. 使窒息, 抑止, 扼杀

vi. 窒息, 被扼杀

[医] 窒息, 闷气

stifle

[ noun ]

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

<noun.animal>

[ verb ]

Stifle \Sti"fle\, n. [From {Stiff}.] (Far.)
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the
hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint
corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also {stifle
joint}. See Illust. under {Horse}.

{Stifle bone}, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan.

Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because
some noxious substance prevents respiration.

You shall stifle in your own report. --Shak.

Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stifled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stifling}.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[=i]fla to
dam up.]
1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the
windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into
the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of
by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.

Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.

I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.

2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.

Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.

3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.

I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland.

In addition, the lobbying muscle of AT&T and other phone companies has proven sufficient to stifle legislation aimed against them.
The dollar generally declined as the foreign-exchange market acknowledged the seriousness of international efforts to promote stable exchange rates and stifle a potential dollar upsurge.
Foul-mouthed students will be punished for unsavory utterances or offending epithets scrawled on lockers under a policy designed to stifle an outbreak of schoolyard name-calling.
However, their stranglehold on buying will probably stifle the staff in the longer term or may simply be subverted.
Carmelo Gannello, who is legally blind, and Tom Woodward, a quadriplegic, also haven't let their disabilities stifle their creativity.
There have been more than enough dashed hopes, and as they plan for the fifth anniversary of Anderson's capture, they find themselves trying to stifle excitement over Iran's recently softened stance on the hostage issue.
During the occupation of 1945-52, U.S. authorities first sought to stifle militant nationalism by purging right-wing leaders from public office and trying others as war criminals.
They claimed that the Iraqi invaders still not been able to completely stifle resistance by the citizens of the tiny oil-rich state.
I got my card within seven days, compared with more than three weeks with some other cards." At least one credit card expert saw the bank action as an attempt to stifle the card's success.
The administration has been anxious to find a permanent successor to Wall, hoping to stifle legal challenges from weak thrifts facing government seizure.
Higher borrowing costs will stifle private sector investment at a time when Turkish firms need to prepare themselves for the competition which will follow on Turkey's completion of a customs union with the European Union, now set for 1995.
Analysts interpreted the joint statement by the two consumer-electronics companies as an attempt to allay concerns that a bitter conflict between them would confuse customers and stifle the market.
'There is no evidence that the US economy is about to overheat, and any further rise in interest rates will simply stifle a steadily growing economy,' he said.
He urged the 900 graduating students in the Greensboro Coliseum not to allow difficult circumstances to stifle their dreams.
By withholding or denying African electorates information about structural adjustment programmes, they stifle debate about economic policy. Constitution making.
The beauty of this idea, like the beauty of your idea about vending machines, is that it doesn't stifle speech.
In the extreme case, as any Soviet entrepreneur knows, unclear legal rules stifle economic activity.
Hussman said the company he heads filed the brief because he believes Gannett is trying to stifle competition in newspaper markets through the use of JOAs.
However, laws that have been used to stifle opposition and jail "prisoners of conscience" remain in force and seriously threaten government critics, it said.
Her survey of 372 women and 324 men revealed that women who habitually stifle high levels of anger had a death rate during an 18-year study period three times higher than women who release their anger.
The UK government is shortly expected to announce its preferred option for reforming the law on companies abusing their power in the marketplace to stifle competition.
During the student protests he tried to censor Shanghai's World Economic Herald, then China's most liberal newspaper, and he moved quickly to stifle unrest in Shanghai that followed the military crackdown in Beijing.
The campaigns agreed to let the league sponsor one of two presidential debates in the fall, but Neuman angrily withdrew the organization's sponsorship 11 days before the event, saying the Bush and Dukakis campaigns were trying to stifle spontaneity.
The move indicated anew the government's urgent desire to stifle inflation, which Mr. Lawson last month predicted would continue to edge up next year before it falls.
Housing construction climbed 2.4 percent in July, the government said today, but a companion report indicated that higher mortgage rates may stifle the construction business in coming months.
"The main reason it's subject to so much criticism is it's so huge," he said. "It is used to stifle American misgivings about Japan and to drown out American voices.
Many parents and drug-abuse groups would like to stifle High Times.
Supporters testified Wednesday that the amendment was not intended to stifle freedom, but rather to clarify public policy and give legal protection to English, the glue that holds the country together.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals here substantially upheld the commission's new regulations last year, stating that the pipeline companies apparently were trying to stifle competition.
A 214-page book teeming with embarrassing tidbits about the aerospace firm is circulating, and Boeing has done naught to stifle it, even though it's the work of a former Boeing P.R. man.

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