谐音联想法
s=死,过世;mother=母亲。母亲死了,逝世了肯定是一个非常令人窒息的事情,所以smother就是窒息的意思。再引申为抑制和忍住。
词源记忆法
缩写自中古英语smorthre,浓烟,来自古英语smorian,使窒息,闷死,-ian,表动词,来自Proto-Germanic*smurona,窒息,闷死,词源可能同smolder.-ther,工具格后缀,比较tether,mother.引申比喻义抑制,扼杀。
She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
她抑制着心中的自怜,将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》A teenage mother was accused of smothering her 3-month-old daughter.
一个少女妈妈被指控闷死自己三个月大的女儿。
来源:朗文当代高级英语词典 第6版A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.
一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己 6 周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》They tried to smother up the murder by pretending that her death was accidental.
他们谎称她是意外死亡以掩盖谋杀事实.
来源:《简明英汉词典》She loved her own children, almost smothering them with love.
她十分疼爱自己的孩子,几乎到了溺爱的程度。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.
女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》As teammates sprinted to smother him in an ecstatic scrum, several Ghanaians slumped to the field.
当队友们狂喜地冲过去拥着他的时候, 几名加纳人跪在了场地上.
来源:网络文摘精选Once the shrubs begin to smother the little plants, we have to move them.
一旦灌木丛开始遮住这些小苗,我们就得把它们移走。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Fire fighters have to smother oil fires with a blanket of powder or foam.
消防战士们在灭这种火的时候,用各种可能的粉末或泡沫.
来源:互联网摘选'Silver, sir,'returned the captain;'he's as anxious as you and I to smother things up.
“ 希尔弗, 先生, ” 船长回答说, “ 他和你我一样急于让事态平息下来.
来源:英汉文学 - 金银岛The debts of both Poland and Hungary are beginning to smother the reform process.
波兰和匈牙利的债务正开始扼杀改革的进程。
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