stifle

音标发音

英式音标 ['staɪf(ə)l]
美式音标 [ˈstaɪ.fəl]
国际音标 ['staifl]
英式发音
美式发音

基本解释

vt. 扼殺；使窒息；藏匿
vi. 窒息；被扼殺
n. （馬等的）後膝關節；（馬等的）[動] 後膝關節病

词根记忆

濃菸讓所有的員工(staff)都窒息(stifle)了

同根派生

adj性質的同根詞
stifling：令人窒息的；沉悶的。
v性質的同根詞
stifling：使窒息；粉碎（stifle的現在分詞）。

英汉例句

用作動詞 (v.)

用作及物動詞: S+ ～+n./pron.

The gas stifled them.
煤氣使他們窒息。

词组短语

短語

stifle change 扼殺變革
stifle talk 使談話靜下來
Stifle sb 扼殺某人的情緒
stifle poison 中毒窒息
Stifle joint 膝關節

英英字典

劍橋英英字典

(NO AIR) to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air
(PREVENT HAPPENING) to prevent something from happening, being expressed, or continuing

柯林斯英英字典

If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing.
If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing.
If you stifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.

专业释义

辳業科學

(馬等的)後膝關節病，後膝骨病[亦作 stifle joint]