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stifling

英 [ˈstaɪflɪŋ]

美 [ˈstaɪflɪŋ]

adj.  令人窒息的;极其闷热的; (情况)令人窒息的,令人压抑的
v.  压制; 扼杀; 阻止; 抑制; (使)窒息,无法自如地呼吸,感觉窒闷
stifle的现在分词

现在分词:stifling 

Collins.1 / BNC.32634 / COCA.21175

柯林斯词典

  • ADJ-GRADED 令人窒息的;闷热的
    Stiflingheat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also usestiflingto describe a place that is extremely hot.
    1. The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.
      小房间里令人窒息的热气开始让我感到恶心。
  • ADJ-GRADED (情况)令人窒息的,令人感到压抑的
    If a situation isstifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want.
    1. Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.
      和父母及两个姐妹生活在一起让她感到很压抑。
    2. ...a stifling bureaucracy.
      令人窒息的官僚主义
  • See also:stifle

英英释义

noun

  • forceful prevention
    1. the suppression of heresy
    2. the quelling of the rebellion
    3. the stifling of all dissent
    Synonym:suppressioncrushingquelling

adj

  • characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
    1. the summer was sultry and oppressive
    2. the stifling atmosphere
    3. the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
    Synonym:sultrysulfuroussulphurous

双语例句

  • I had to get out of there. it's so stifling.
    我得出去逛逛,我快闷死了。
  • Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.
    和父母及两个姐妹生活在一起让她感到很压抑。
  • We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed.
    我们在那间关着窗户的热屋子里,简直透不过气来。
  • Where it is not needed, it has only started to give up its habit of stifling private enterprise.
    只在一些不必要的地方,印度政府开始放弃压制私有企业发展的习惯。
  • Even as in one who at last draws free air, after long stifling with his own polluted breath.
    就象是被自己污浊的呼吸长时间窒息之后,终于吸进了自由的空气。
  • The place was stifling, full of smoke and the unique beery smell of an English pub.
    屋里闷得厉害,空气里充满了烟和英国酒店特有的啤酒味。
  • We reluctantly left our air-conditioned Hotel and walked oat into the stifling heat of high noon.
    我们不情愿地离开了有空调的宾馆,走进晌午那令人窒息的酷热之中。
  • The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.
    小房间里令人窒息的热气开始让我感到恶心。
  • If one had habitually breathed the New York air there were times when anything less crystalline seemed stifling.
    假如一个人一直习惯于呼吸纽约的空气,那么,有时候,不够清澈的东西似乎就会让他窒息。
  • Many parents complain that the teaching method in this school is stifling their kids'imagination and creativity.
    许多家长抱怨学校的教学方式压抑了孩子们的想象力和创造力。