单词 | asphyxiating |
释义 | asphyxiatingn. Asphyxiation, suffocation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking strangulation1542 stifling1548 suffocation1567 throttling1599 throttle1622 asphyxia1778 asphyxy1784 smotheration1826 asphyxiation1866 asphyxiating1872 melanaema1892 1872 T. H. Huxley Lessons Elem. Physiol. (ed. 6) iv. 98 This asphyxiating process. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). asphyxiatingadj. Causing asphyxia, suffocating. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > smothering or smothered smotheringa1200 smothery1603 smoring1642 asphyxiant1854 asphyxiating1859 1859 F. E. Paget Curate of Cumberworth 166 Of all asphyxiating miseries it is the worst. 1861 Sat. Rev. 20 July 63 The stiff dinner, or the asphyxiating drum. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1872adj.1859 |
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