late 14c., from Middle French suffocation, from Latin suffocationem (nominative suffocatio) "a choking, stifling," noun of action from past participle stem of suffocare "suffocate, throttle, stifle, strangle," originally "to narrow up," from sub "up (from under)" (see sub-) + fauces (plural) "throat, narrow entrance" (see faucet).
雙語例句
1. Many of the victims died of suffocation.
許多遇難者是窒息死亡的。
來自柯林斯例句
2. The greatest dangers of pyroclastic avalanches are probably heat and suffocation.
火成碎屑崩落的最大危害可能是熾熱和窒息作用.
來自辭典例句
3. The room was hot to suffocation.
房間熱得悶人.
來自辭典例句
4. Such love will drown him in suffocation, pain and despair.
這樣的愛會(huì)讓人窒息, 讓人痛苦,讓人絕望的.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
5. Let me amnesia, suffocation, let me die before you have it!