vt.

1. 使窒息，使透不过气来；把……闷死
   The victim was smothered to death.

   受害人被窒息致死。

2. （用灰等）闷熄；闷住（火）[（+with）]
   He smothered the flame with a wet blanket.

   他用一条湿毯将火焰闷熄。

3. 忍住，抑制；扼杀
   She tried to smother her sobs.

   她想忍住不哭。

4. 掩饰[（+up）]
   He attempted to smother up a scandal about his family.

   他企图掩饰有关他家庭的丑闻。

5. 厚厚地覆盖[（+in/with）]
6. 把……镇服；使大败
7. 过多地给予[（+with）]
   Mary smothers her children with too much love.

   玛丽溺爱自己的孩子。

vi.

1. 窒息；闷死
   I'm smothering in this stuffy room.

   在这个闷热的房间里我透不过气来。

2. 被掩饰；被抑制；被扼杀

n.

1. 令人窒息的浓烟（或雾气、尘埃等）[the S]
   The air is polluted with the smother of traffic and industrial smog.

   空气被令人窒息的车辆废气和工业烟雾污染了。

2. 窒息状态；被抑制状态

v.

1. suffocate by covering the nose and mouth.
2. extinguish (a fire) by covering it.
3. (smother someone/thing in/with) cover someone or something entirely with.
4. cause to feel trapped and oppressed.
5. suppress (a feeling or action).
   ▸(in sport) stop the motion of (the ball or a shot).

n.