v.(使)窒息

Some substances attack the brain stem causing a cessation of the breath so that one simply asphyxiates. 一些物質(zhì)攻擊腦干引起呼吸停止，并產(chǎn)生窒息。

Anacondas are nonvenomous constrictors, coiling their muscular bodies around captured prey and squeezing until the animal asphyxiates. 它們在陸地上行動笨拙但在水里卻敏捷靈活。

Instead,they pound at a whale's blowhole with their claws,shredding the airway until it becomes so damaged that the beluga either asphyxiates or is forced to continually surface for air,which makes it easier prey for the bears. 相反，它們用爪子擊打鯨魚的鼻孔，撕扯它的呼吸道，直至鼻孔被撕爛，白鯨窒息或被迫不斷浮出水面換氣。這樣熊捕獵起來就容易得多了。