v.窒息；悶死；用沙等悶住火；忍住；厚厚地或大面積地覆蓋

They smother his better instinct. 這些聲音窒息了他的良知。

He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕頭把嬰兒悶死了。

It's better to smother the fire with the earth. 最好用土把火掩熄。

If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it. 在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火悶死。

We tried to smother our laughter. 我們強(qiáng)忍住笑。

I just managed to smother a yawn. 我剛設(shè)法忍住了一個(gè)呵欠。

He could hardly smother his anger. 他幾乎抑制不住他的憤怒之情。

In some of Jame's fiction motive seems to smother event. 在詹姆斯的一些小說(shuō)里動(dòng)機(jī)似乎把情節(jié)掩蓋住了。