Smothering

(adj.) causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; 'the choking June dust'; 'the smothering soft voices'; 'smothering heat'; 'the room was suffocating--hot and airless' .

录入:奥利维尔

• I see her now looking up into my face, and entreating me to prevent them from smothering her, and to be sure and give her a strong narcotic. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• Ah, brave, manly heart,--smothering thine own sorrow, to comfort thy beloved ones! 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.

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