英语词汇“suffocate”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

WORD ORIGINsuffocate

Origin:

1400-1500 Latin past participle of suffocare, from sub- ( ➔ SUB-) + fauces ‘throat’

VERB TABLE

suffocate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	suffocate
	he, she, it	suffocates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	suffocated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have suffocated
	he, she, it	has suffocated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had suffocated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will suffocate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have suffocated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am suffocating
	he, she, it	is suffocating
	you, we, they	are suffocating
Past	I, he, she, it	was suffocating
	you, we, they	were suffocating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been suffocating
	he, she, it	has been suffocating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been suffocating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be suffocating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been suffocating

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

It was very hot inside the car, and I felt as though I was suffocating.
Many of the birds had suffocated in their boxes.
Their mother suffocated them with overprotective love.
They pushed a plastic bag over his head and almost suffocated him.

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Above him the sky swam greyly, suffocating the moon; the edge of the roof sailed free in space.
Although the gear had no contact with any of my breathing apparatus, I felt suffocated.
Cars were suffocating the roads like weeds.
He had to keep his arms free as he needed them to keep the snake from suffocating him.
The overweight 45year-old was believed to have suffocated her 65-year-old victim during a furious row.
These dinosaurs were not suffocating in a museum.

Longman Language Activatorto be unable to breathe► can't breathe

· It's so hot in here! I can't breathe!· The worst thing about asthma is feeling that you can't breathe.

► choke

to be unable to breathe because your throat is blocked or because there is not enough air: · Do something -- he's choking!· At last I reached the shore and fell onto the sand, choking and spluttering.choke on: · The old king died after choking on a chicken bone.

► suffocate

to die because you are unable to breathe because you cannot get any air: · Many of the birds had suffocated in their boxes.· It was very hot inside the car, and I felt as though I was suffocating.

to make it impossible for someone to breathe► choke

if a person or smoke, gas etc chokes someone, they make it very difficult or impossible for them to breathe: · Don't hold so tight, you're choking me.· I felt myself being choked by thick, yellow fumes.choke somebody to death: · He grabbed her around the neck and choked her to death.

► suffocate

to kill someone by preventing them from getting any air: · They pushed a plastic bag over his head and almost suffocated him.· They found her half-suffocated from the poisonous gases given off by the burning furniture.

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSVERB► feel

· I felt suffocated and found it physically very difficult to breathe.· Although the gear had no contact with any of my breathing apparatus, I felt suffocated.· I felt as if I were suffocating.· He stepped into the tub, the hot water making him feel like he was suffocating.· Sometimes they are awakened by a feeling that they are suffocating.

PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► be suffocating

Can you open a window? I'm suffocating.
At the main stage the crowd of women was so dense it was suffocating.
Cars were suffocating the roads like weeds.
He stepped into the tub, the hot water making him feel like he was suffocating.
I couldn't keep my eyes open, I felt as if I was suffocating in a warm fug of words.
It was suffocating to sit between those merit was like being a fox in a bog while hounds crooned on either bank.
July turned to August, and the heat was suffocating.
Politicians and media types were suffocating in recycled hot air.
The little girl is suffocating, her throat is already blocked up.