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stifle    音标拼音: [st'ɑɪfəl]
vt. 使不能呼吸,窒息,抑制
vi. 窒息,闷死

使不能呼吸,窒息,抑制窒息,闷死

stifle
n 1: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped;
corresponds to the human knee [synonym: {stifle}, {knee}]
v 1: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [synonym: {smother}, {stifle}, {strangle},
{muffle}, {repress}]
2: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [synonym: {stifle},
{dampen}] [ant: {excite}, {stimulate}]
3: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [synonym:
{suffocate}, {stifle}, {asphyxiate}, {choke}]
4: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child
suffocated under the pillow" [synonym: {suffocate}, {stifle},
{asphyxiate}]

Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stifled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stifling}.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[imac]fla
to dam up.]
1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the
windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into
the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of
by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
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Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.
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I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.
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2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
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Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.
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3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.
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I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland.
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Stifle \Sti"fle\, n. [From {Stiff}.] (Far.)
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the
hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint
corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also {stifle
joint}. See Illust. under {Horse}.
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{Stifle bone}, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan.
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Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because
some noxious substance prevents respiration.
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You shall stifle in your own report. --Shak.
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190 Moby Thesaurus words for "stifle":
abate, allay, alleviate, asphyxiate, assuage, attemper, bake,
bank the fire, bar, barricade, be in heat, black out, blaze, block,
block up, blockade, bloom, blow out, blunt, boil, bolt, bottle up,
broil, burke, burn, censor, chasten, check, chock, choke,
choke off, clamp down on, close, close off, close tight, close up,
combust, constipate, constrain, constrict, control, cook, cork,
cork up, cover up, crack down on, crowd, crush, curb, damp,
damp down, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, debar, demolish, destroy,
diminish, dog, douse, downplay, drown, dull, dumbfound, extenuate,
extinguish, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker, flush, fry,
gag, garrote, gasp, glow, hold back, hold down, hold in,
hugger-mugger, hush, hush up, hush-hush, incandesce, inhibit, jam,
jump on, keep back, keep down, keep under, keep within bounds,
kill, lay, lenify, lessen, lighten, lock, mitigate, moderate,
modulate, muffle, mute, muzzle, obstruct, obtund, occlude, out,
pack, palliate, pant, parch, play down, pour water on, prevent,
put down, put out, put to silence, quash, quell, quench, quiet,
quieten, radiate heat, reduce, reduce the temperature, repress,
restrain, roast, scald, scorch, seethe, shimmer with heat, shush,
shut down on, shut off, shut out, shut tight, silence, simmer,
sit down on, sit on, slack, slacken, slow down, smash, smolder,
smother, snuff, snuff out, sober, sober down, soft-pedal, soften,
spark, squash, squeeze, squeeze shut, squelch, stagnate, stamp out,
stanch, steam, stew, still, stop, stop the breath, stop up,
strangle, strangulate, strike dumb, stultify, subdue, sublimate,
suffocate, suppress, sweat, swelter, tame, temper, throttle, toast,
tone down, trammel, trample out, trample underfoot, tune down,
underplay, weaken, withhold


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  • STIFLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of STIFLE is to withhold from circulation or expression How to use stifle in a sentence
  • stifle, 6 Crossword Clue - Wordplays. com
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  • STIFLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    stifle verb (NO AIR) [ I or T ] to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air:
  • STIFLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    To stifle is to cut off, hold back, or smother You may stifle your cough if you don't want to interrupt a lecture or you may stifle the competition if you fear losing
  • STIFLE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
    I respectfully stifle my chuckle when he's terrified by abandoned plastic bags flying about in the breeze
  • Stifle - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
    To stifle is to cut off, hold back, or smother You may stifle your cough if you don't want to interrupt a lecture or you may stifle the competition if you fear losing
  • STIFLE Simple Definition - Merriam-Webster
    The simple definition of STIFLE is to not allow yourself to do or express (something)
  • STIFLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If you stifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone [VERB noun] He stifled his temptation to take hold of Ivy and shake her [VERB noun]
  • stifle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    Verb stifle (third-person singular simple present stifles, present participle stifling, simple past and past participle stifled) (transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate





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