| 释义 |
smothering
I. adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from present participle of smotheren to smother
1. : suffocating, stifling
< smothering affection >
< smothering heat >
2. : smoldering
• smoth·er·ing·ly adverb
II. noun
(-s)
Etymology: from gerund of smother (II)
: a disease of tree seedlings occurring especially in crowded nurseries and characterized by the growth of the leathery fruiting body of a fungus (Thelephora terrestris) about the seedling stem |