English-Thai Dictionary

suffocate

VI หายใจไม่ออก  asphyxiate choke smother hai-jai-mai-ook

 

suffocate

VT ขัดขวาง  สกัดกั้น  ยับยั้ง  confine restrict kad-kwang

 

suffocate

VT ฆ่า โดย การ ทำให้ หายใจไม่ออก  ka-doi-kan-tam-hai-hai-jai-mai-ook

 

suffocate

VT ทำให้ ร้อน อบอ้าว  ร้อน อบอ้าว  ร้อนระอุ  swelter tam-hai-ron-aob-ao

 

suffocate

VT ทำให้ อึดอัด หายใจไม่ออก  ทำให้ หายใจไม่ออก  asphyxiate choke smother tam-hai-aud-aud-hai-jai-mai-ook

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUFFOCATE

v.t.[L. suffoco; sub and focus, or its root. ] 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration. Respiration may be stopped by the interception of air, as in hanging and strangling, or by the introduction of smoke, dust or mephitic air into the lungs. Men may be suffocated by the halter; or men may be suffocated in smoke or in carbonic acid gas, as in mines and wells.
And let not hemp his windpipe suffocate.
2. To stifle; to destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire or live coals.
A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage.

 

SUFFOCATE

a.Suffocated.

 

SUFFOCATED

pp. Choked; stifled.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SUFFOCATE

Suf "fo *cate, a. Etym: [L. suffocatus, p.p. of suffocare to choke; sub under + fauces the throat. Cf. Faucal. ]

 

Defn: Suffocated; choked. Shak.

 

SUFFOCATE

Suf "fo *cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n.Suffocating. ]

 

1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. Shak.

 

2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.

 

SUFFOCATE

SUFFOCATE Suf "fo *cate, v. i.

 

Defn: To become choked, stifled, or smothered. "A swelling discontent is apt to suffocate and strangle without passage. " collier.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

suffocate

suf fo cate |ˈsəfəˌkāt ˈsəfəˌkeɪt | ▶verb die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe: [ no obj. ] : ten detainees suffocated in an airless police cell | [ with obj. ] : she was suffocated by the fumes. • have or cause to have difficulty in breathing: [ no obj. ] : he was suffocating, his head jammed up against the back of the sofa | [ with obj. ] : you're suffocating me —I can scarcely breathe | (as adj. suffocating ) : the suffocating heat. • feel or cause to feel trapped and oppressed: (as adj. suffocated ) : I felt suffocated by my marriage. DERIVATIVES suf fo cat ing ly adverb, suf fo ca tion |ˌsəfəˈkāSHən |noun ORIGIN late 15th cent.: from Latin suffocat- ‘stifled, ’ from the verb suffocare, from sub- ‘below ’ + fauces ‘throat. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

suffocate

suf ¦fo |cate |ˈsʌfəkeɪt | ▶verb die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe: [ no obj. ] : ten detainees suffocated in an airless police cell | [ with obj. ] : she was suffocated by fumes from the boiler. • have or cause to have difficulty in breathing: [ no obj. ] : he was suffocating, his head jammed up against the back of the sofa | [ with obj. ] : you're suffocating me —I can scarcely breathe | (as adj. suffocating ) : the suffocating heat. • feel or cause to feel trapped and oppressed: (as adj. suffocated ) : I felt suffocated by London. DERIVATIVES suffocatingly adverb, suffocation |-ˈkeɪʃ (ə )n |noun ORIGIN late 15th cent. (earlier (late Middle English ) as suffocation ): from Latin suffocat- ‘stifled ’, from the verb suffocare, from sub- ‘below ’ + fauces ‘throat ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

suffocate

suffocate verb it appears that the victim has been suffocated with a bed pillow: smother, asphyxiate, stifle; choke, strangle.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

suffocate

suffocate verb 1 she suffocated her victim after a furious row: smother, asphyxiate, stifle; choke; strangle, throttle, strangulate. 2 two people suffocated in the crowd: be smothered, asphyxiate, be stifled. 3 she felt as though she was suffocating in the heat: be breathless, be short of air, struggle for air; be too hot, swelter; informal roast, bake, boil.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

suffocate

suf fo cate /sʌ́fəkèɪt /〖語源は 「(喉 （のど ）を )狭くする 」〗動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～d /-ɪd /; -cating 他動詞 1 〈人など 〉を窒息 (死 )させる ▸ be suffocated by fumes 煙で窒息死する 2 〈人など 〉を (空気がよどんで )不快にする , 息苦しくさせる ; (息苦しいほど )束縛 [拘束, 圧倒 ]する (!しばしば進行形で ) ▸ He is suffocating me! 彼といると息が詰まる 3 〈人間関係 仕事 計画など 〉を阻害する , 妨げる , 断ち切る .自動詞 1 〈人などが 〉窒息死する , 息が詰まる .2 〈人 物 場所などが 〉 (空気がよどんで )息苦しく感じる [感じられる ], 不快になる ; 〈行動などが 〉束縛される (!しばしば進行形で ) ▸ The stale air is suffocating .よどんだ空気で息が詰まりそう s ù f fo c á tion 名詞 U 窒息 (死 ).

 

suffocated

s ú f fo c à t ed /-ɪd /形容詞 息が詰まる (ような ), 息苦しい .