| 单词 | stifle |
| 释义 | sti·fle I. also stifle joint II. III. transitive verb 1. obsolete < threw herself into a deep well, in which she was stifled — William Bosman > 2. a. < shall I not then be stifled in the vault — Shakespeare > < every living thing … must have perished slowly or suddenly, stifled by the mud — Francis Kingdon-Ward > b. (1) < the oppressive air stifled her, and she felt that her breath … was suspended — Ellen Glasgow > (2) archaic < travelers, armed with felt carpets, were endeavoring to stifle the flame — William Hazlitt †1893 > (3) < units can be insulated so they almost entirely stifle noise of operation — Jim Riggs > 3. a. < engulfing flames soon stifle their cries > b. archaic < the papers he thought of too much value to be stifled, and advised the printing of them — Benjamin Franklin > c. < not the sort of man to stifle anger — J.E.Macdonnell > d. < stifle free speech by breaking up meetings … and confiscating pamphlets — Zechariah Chafee > < a belligerent right to stifle the trade of an enemy — F.L.Paxson > e. archaic < they stop and stifle … the rays which they do not reflect or transmit — Isaac Newton > f. < the mountain barrier stifles the commerce which might develop — P.E.James > < economic controls, which have … stifled our economy — A.E.Summerfield > < vital art is stifled by culture, which insists that artists … imitate old masters — Clive Bell > intransitive verb 1. < no need to stifle in a hot kitchen this summer — Better Homes & Gardens > < my unsoiled name … will so your accusations overweigh, that you shall stifle in your own report — Shakespeare > 2. < why should I stifle in a convent — P.B.Kyne > Synonyms: see suffocate IV. < the stifle of the subway — Everybody's Magazine > |
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