Stifle



GRE 蓝宝 Barron TOEFL

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 感到窒息;抑止
• ［英］ v. 感到窒息 ( be unable to breathe comfortably) ; 抑止 ( prevent from happening)
• ［类］ 反义词: foment ( 激起)
• ［例］ stifle a rebellion

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English
• Date: 14th century
• the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee — see horse illustration

II. verb (stifled; stifling)

• Etymology: alteration of Middle English stuflen
• Date: 1513
• transitive verb
  • 1.
    • a. to kill by depriving of oxygen ; suffocate
    • b.
      • (1) smother
      • (2) muffle
  • 2.
    • a. to cut off (as the voice or breath)
    • b. to withhold from circulation or expression ; repress <stifled our anger>
    • c. deter, discourage
• intransitive verb
  • to become suffocated by or as if by lack of oxygen ; smother <stifling in the heat>
• ? stifler noun
• ? stiflingly adverb

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