v.(使)窒息, (使)透不过气( smother的过去式和过去分词 );覆盖;忍住;抑制;
例句:
It was like being smothered by a feather bed.
这好象蒙了一床鸭绒被,捂得令人窒息.
The victim was smothered to death.
受害人被窒息致死.
The wind smothered the houses with dust.
大风刮起的尘土覆盖了房子.