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。

Smother the flames from the burning pan with a wet towel. 用濕毛巾把鍋里的火撲滅。

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. 我們強忍住笑。

I just managed to smother a yawn. 我剛設法忍住了一個呵欠。

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里動機似乎把情節(jié)掩蓋住了。