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单词 suffocate
释义

suffocateadj.

Forms: Also Middle English–1500s -at.
Etymology: < Latin suffōcātus, past participle of suffōcāre (see suffocate v.).
Obsolete.
Chiefly as past participle.
1. Suffocated by deprivation of air.
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the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > from suffocation or choking
suffocatea1464
throttling1566
suffocated1737
asphyxiated1835
suffocating1869
a1464 J. Capgrave Abbreuiacion of Cron. (Cambr. Gg.4.12) (1983) 210 In whech first day þe duke of Gloucetir was suffocat at Caleys.
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. iv. f. 107v The moonkey..helde hym so fast aboute the throte, that he was suffocate.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) i. i. 121 For Suffolkes Duke, may he be suffocate . View more context for this quotation
1632 W. Lithgow Totall Disc. Trav. iv. 148 Pilgrimes were often suffocate to death.
2. Smothered, overwhelmed.
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the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > [adjective] > covered > overwhelmingly
suffocate1471
overwenda1500
smothered1902
1471 G. Ripley Compound of Alchymy i. xii, in E. Ashmole Theatrum Chem. Britannicum (1652) 132 In mynd..bare thys, That never thyne Erth wyth Water be suffocate.
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection ii. sig. Oiv The wedes had suffocat and destroyed his corne.
1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health ccxiv. 202 In a colde stomacke the little heate is suffocate with grosse meate.
1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 125 This chaos when degree is suffocate, Followes the choaking. View more context for this quotation
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

suffocatev.

Brit. /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/, U.S. /ˈsəfəˌkeɪt/
Etymology: < Latin suffōcāt-, past participial stem of suffōcāre , < suf- = sub- prefix 1a + faucēs throat.
1. transitive. To kill (a person or animal) by stopping the supply of air through the lungs, gills, or other respiratory organs.
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the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by smothering or suffocation
smorec725
athrysmc885
stranglea1300
overliea1382
forliea1400
to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400
overlayc1425
querken1440
smoulder1481
suffoke1490
stiflea1535
smoor1535
smother1548
suffocate1599
asphyxiate1835
asphyxy1843
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 231/2 Ether in his mothers bodye, or els in the birth it might be suffocatede.
1641 J. Jackson True Evangelical Temper i. 44 Others inverted..and a fire being underneath, were so smoaked and suffocated to death.
1689 J. Chetham Angler's Vade Mecum (ed. 2) xxxviii. 248 Fishes are suffocated in Waters, if they be..frozen.
1791 E. Inchbald Simple Story III. ii. 16 Half suffocated with the loss of breath.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 9 488 The violent irritation and spasm..which so often suffocate children.
1818 Ld. Byron Beppo xvii. 9 A Husband whom mere suspicion could inflame To suffocate a wife.
1873 St. G. Mivart Lessons Elem. Anat. xii. 465 To suffocate a frog it is sufficient to keep its mouth open.
2. To interrupt or impede respiration in (a person); to stifle, choke. †Also, to throttle (the windpipe), stifle (the breath).
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > have or cause breathing disorder [verb (transitive)] > choke
stranglea1300
chokec1380
worrya1400
stiflec1400
to stop the breath (more rarely the wind) ofc1400
scomfishc1480
to choke up1555
grane1613
suffocatea1616
a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry V (1623) iii. vi. 41 Let not Hempe his Wind-pipe suffocate . View more context for this quotation
1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 72 in Justice Vindicated The night~mare; which..makes men think they are invaded, oppressed and suffocated with great weight.
1785 W. Cowper Task ii. 819 Ev'ry plague that can infest Society..meets the eye, the ear, And suffocates the breath at ev'ry turn.
1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 27 I am suffocated in this crowd.
1848 C. Dickens Dombey & Son l. 506 He had like to have suffocated himself with this pleasantry.
1854 J. S. C. Abbott Napoleon (1855) II. xxii. 418 The soldiers were suffocated with sorrow.
3. To destroy as if by the exclusion of air; to smother, overwhelm, extinguish.
a. something material or physical.
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1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft xii. vi. 223 Manie lewd persons..with incantations..doo..extinguish, suffocate, and spoile all vineyards, ortchards, medowes, [etc.].
1614 T. Adams Diuells Banket iii. 109 The thicke spumy mists, which vapour vp from the..earth, doe often suffocate the brighter aire.
1652 J. French York-shire Spaw iv. 46 The use of cold baths is not..for old men, because that little heat which they have is thereby suffocated.
1758 A. Reid tr. P. J. Macquer Elements Theory & Pract. Chym. I. 122 By distillation..it [sc. acid of Vinegar] may be freed..from the great quantity of water which in a manner suffocates it.
1793 Trans. Soc. Arts (ed. 2) 5 54 The plants..will suffocate every kind of weed near them.
1797 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 87 421 A mass sufficiently thick to suffocate the whole of the light which enters it.
1807 J. Barlow Columbiad ii. 76 His fleet high flaming suffocates the skies.
1842 J. C. Loudon Suburban Horticulturist 386 The roots are suffocated and rotted from their delicacy.
b. something immaterial, esp. a mental attribute.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > crush, stifle, or overwhelm (feelings, etc.)
shendOE
whelvec1000
allayOE
ofdrunkenc1175
quenchc1175
quashc1275
stanchc1315
quella1325
slockena1340
drenchc1374
vanquishc1380
stuffa1387
daunt?a1400
adauntc1400
to put downa1425
overwhelmc1425
overwhelvec1450
quatc1450
slockc1485
suppressa1500
suffocate1526
quealc1530
to trample under foot1530
repress1532
quail1533
suppress1537
infringe1543
revocate1547
whelm1553
queasom1561
knetcha1564
squench1577
restinguish1579
to keep down1581
trample1583
repel1592
accable1602
crush1610
to wrestle down?1611
chokea1616
stranglea1616
stifle1621
smother1632
overpower1646
resuppress1654
strangulate1665
instranglea1670
to choke back, down, in, out1690
to nip or crush in the bud1746
spiflicate1749
squasha1777
to get under1799
burke1835
to stamp out1851
to trample down1853
quelch1864
to sit upon ——1864
squelch1864
smash1865
garrotte1878
scotch1888
douse1916
to drive under1920
stomp1936
stultify1958
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. BBiiv Labour..to expell the same venym..or..to suffocate or smere it within the.
1575 J. Rolland Treat. Court Venus ii. f. 30 Thay wald him mak sum aid,..Or his sorrow in sum part suffocat.
1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes 39 It being a meere artifice..to suffocate the truth.
1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 257 The being inveigled in idolatrous Worship does not quite suffocate and dead that Divine sense.
1749 D. Hartley Observ. Man i. i. §1. 44 Blood and Serum..lying in the Ventricles, suffocate Sensations.
1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral vi. 112 That..superstition which..had suffocated the higher truths of religion.
4. intransitive. To become stifled or choked. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > death > manner of death > die in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > die of suffocation or choking
strangle1338
smore1488
smoor1508
smotherc1528
to choke up1555
stifle1594
throttle1655
suffocate1702
quackle1806
1702 D. Defoe Mock Mourners (ed. 3) 77 Convulsions follow, and such Vapours rise, The Constitution Suffocates and Dies.
1731 Philos. Trans. 1729–30 (Royal Soc.) 36 449 The Disease continued so obstinate, and the Patient so like to suffocate, that [etc.].
1883 Harper's Mag. Jan. 237/2 I suffocate in a stuffy room.
1888 Daily News 9 July 5/7 Whilst he was suffocating he remained calm and still.

Derivatives

ˈsuffocated adj.
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the world > life > death > manner of death > [adjective] > from suffocation or choking
suffocatea1464
throttling1566
suffocated1737
asphyxiated1835
suffocating1869
1737 W. Whiston tr. Josephus Jewish War v. xi, in tr. Josephus Genuine Wks. 910 The suffocated materials were now gradually consumed.
1793 T. Beddoes Observ. Nature & Cure Calculus 50 In suffocated animals the left cavities of the heart are full of venous blood.
1898 G. B. Shaw Candida in Plays Pleasant & Unpleasant 148 In a suffocated voice.
ˈsuffocating n.
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the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > [noun] > crushing, stifling, or overwhelming
quench?c1225
stanchingc1400
suppressingc1400
suppression1528
suffocation1567
crushing1580
suffocating1621
pulverization1643
overwhelming1645
depression1656
stifling1805
burking1827
spiflication1839
restinction1891
stamping1897
submergence1898
snuffing1922
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > smothering or suffocation
smoringc1440
suffocating1621
stifling1711
choking1803
smotheration1826
overlying1891
1621 T. W. tr. S. Goulart Wise Vieillard 23 Death is a suffocating and quenching of the naturall heate of the body.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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