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suffocate

B2 verb

suffocate /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/ nghĩa là ngạt, ngạt thở, ngộp

Các nghĩa

  1. ngạt · ngạt thở · ngộp

    To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.

    ergative

    Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!

  2. chết ngạt · chết ngộp

    To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.

    ergative

    He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head.

    Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate.

  3. ngộp, nghẹt thở

    To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.

    ergative · figuratively

    I'm suffocating under this huge workload.

    If the trend to private cars continues, the more quickly will the road traffic suffocate itself, [...].

  4. dập tắt, tiêu diệt

    To destroy; to extinguish.

    transitive

    to suffocate fire

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