Stifling

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stifle

埃菲编辑

• If one had habitually breathed the New York air there were times when anything less crystalline seemed stifling. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Here, its power was only a glare: a stifling, sickly glare, serving but to bring forward stains and dirt that might otherwise have slept. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It was a close and stifling little shop; full of all sorts of clothing, made and unmade, including one window full of beaver-hats and bonnets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The kilns were burning, and a stifling vapour set towards us with a pale-blue glare. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• When he was gone, Dorothea's tears gushed forth, and relieved her stifling oppression. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In this state of abstraction he found himself, the following morning, waking to the reality of a stifling September day in New York. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Are you doctor enough, Godfrey, to tell me why I feel as if I was stifling for want of breath? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• The lime was burning with a sluggish stifling smell, but the fires were made up and left, and no workmen were visible. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• These objects discomposed me more, perhaps, than it would be wise to say, as also did the dust, lumber, and stifling heat of the place. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• It is empty and thin: a stifling of living currents in the interest of a mediocre regularity. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• The hotel's too stifling. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• When I had recovered my breath, and had got rid of a stifling sensation in my throat, I rose up and went on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• And Mrs Veneering, my dear, can it positively be true that you go down to that stifling place night after night, to hear those men prose? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• They drove in an open sledge over the snow: the train had been so hot and stifling. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• There was a stifling smell of hot oil everywhere. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 艰难时事.

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