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单词 smother
释义
Smother
nnoun.statea confused multitude of things
Synset:clutter fuddle jumble mare's nest muddle welter
Derivationally Related Form:muddleclutterjumble
Hypernyms:disorder disorderliness
Inherited Hypernyms:clutterdisorderlinessconditionstateattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:rummage
Full Hyponyms:
rummage
nnoun.phenomenona stifling cloud of smoke
Hypernyms:fume smoke
Inherited Hypernyms:smothersmokeaerosolcloudphysical phenomenonnatural phenomenonphenomenonprocessphysical entityentity
vverb.contactenvelop completely
Synset:surround
Examples:
  • smother the meat in gravy
Hypernyms:cover
Inherited Hypernyms:smothercover
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | The wind storms --- the area with dust and dirt (apply to: smother)
vverb.contactdeprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Synset:asphyxiate suffocate
Examples:
  • Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
  • The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
Derivationally Related Form:suffocationasphyxiaasphyxiation
Hypernyms:kill
Inherited Hypernyms:smotherkill
Entailment:cover
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | They want to --- the prisoners (apply to: suffocate, asphyxiate, smother)
vverb.contactsuppress in order to conceal or hide
Synset:muffle repress stifle strangle
Examples:
  • smother a yawn
  • muffle one's anger
  • strangle a laugh
  • repress a cry of fear
Derivationally Related Form:smothererstiflingstifler
Hypernyms:bottle up inhibit suppress
Inherited Hypernyms:smotherinhibit
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.stativeform an impenetrable cover over
Examples:
  • the butter cream smothered the cake
Hypernyms:cover spread over
Inherited Hypernyms:smothercovertouch
Sentence Frame:Something ---s something | Dust and dirt --- the area (apply to: smother)
vverb.contactdeprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Synset:put out
Examples:
  • smother fires
Hypernyms:extinguish snuff out
Inherited Hypernyms:smothersnuff outextinguishdestroyunmake
Entailment:cover
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Something ---s something
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