| 单词 | stifling hot |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstifling hot b. Of hot or close air, a close room, etc.: Producing the sensation of suffocation; in which one breathes with difficulty; oppressive to the lungs. †Also quasi-adv., in stifling hot. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > oppressively > and stifling or close smoulderingc1400 bloomy1620 choky1690 pothery1696 stifling1737 stifled1824 stuffy1831 smudgy1847 stived1847 stivy1849 1737 S. Berington Mem. G. di Lucca 113 The Weather was stifling hot. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. v. 184 A most intense and stifling heat. 1832 H. Martineau Ireland 120 The heat was stifling, from many sleepers being collected within a small space. 1899 Lady M. Verney Verney Mem. IV. 281 A stifling cell in Newgate. < as lemmas |
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