suffocate

1. V-T/V-I If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe. 使窒息而死; 窒息而死

He either suffocated, or froze to death. 他要么窒息而死，要么凍死了。

2. suffocationN-UNCOUNT 窒息

Many of the victims died of suffocation. 受害者中許多死于窒息。

3. V-T/V-I If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe. 使感到窒息; 感到窒息

That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room. 那樣好多了。我剛才在那個小房間里感到窒息。