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suffocating
adjective
uk /ˈsʌf.ə.keɪ.tɪŋ/ us /ˈsʌf.ə.keɪ.t̬ɪŋ/
suffocatingadjective (NO AIR)
informal
Something that is suffocating makes you feel uncomfortably hot or unable to breathe: 闷热的;憋气的
I've got to open the window - it's suffocating in here!我得把窗户打开——这里太闷了！
suffocating smoke/fumes令人窒息的烟／烟雾
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
aerobic
asphyxia
asphyxiation
aspirate
breathable
breathe (something) in
choke
draw breathphrase
expire
huff and puffidiom
hyperventilation
lungful
non-breathing
out of breath
pant
puff
puffed
puffed out
stifle
strangulation
suffocatingadjective (PREVENTING)
preventing something or someone from improving or developing in a positive way: 束缚的，阻止发展的；遏制的
The book tells the story of a woman escaping from a suffocating marriage.这本书讲的是一个女人逃脱一段令人窒息的婚姻的故事。
It is a land of antiquated social rules and suffocating traditions.这个地方依然保留着陈规陋习和令人倍感压抑的传统习俗。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Serious and unpleasant
abominable
abominably
abysmal
abysmally
apocalyptic
fraught
frightful
from hellidiom
fun
ghastliness
not be all fun and gamesidiom
noxiously
objectionable
objectionably
odious
unpleasantly
unpleasantness
unpretty
unspeakable
unspeakably
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