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stifle    音标拼音: [st'ɑɪfəl]
vt. 使不能呼吸,窒息,抑制
vi. 窒息,闷死

使不能呼吸,窒息,抑制窒息,闷死

stifle
n 1: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped;
corresponds to the human knee [synonym: {stifle}, {knee}]
v 1: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
"strangle a yawn" [synonym: {smother}, {stifle}, {strangle},
{muffle}, {repress}]
2: smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity" [synonym: {stifle},
{dampen}] [ant: {excite}, {stimulate}]
3: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" [synonym:
{suffocate}, {stifle}, {asphyxiate}, {choke}]
4: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child
suffocated under the pillow" [synonym: {suffocate}, {stifle},
{asphyxiate}]

Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stifled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Stifling}.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[imac]fla
to dam up.]
1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the
windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into
the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of
by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust.
[1913 Webster]

Stifled with kisses, a sweet death he dies.
--Dryden.
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I took my leave, being half stifled with the
closeness of the room. --Swift.
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2. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to
stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame.
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Bodies . . . stifle in themselves the rays which
they do not reflect or transmit. --Sir I.
Newton.
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3. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to
conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to
stifle passion.
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I desire only to have things fairly represented as
they really are; no evidence smothered or stifled.
--Waterland.
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Stifle \Sti"fle\, n. [From {Stiff}.] (Far.)
The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the
hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint
corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also {stifle
joint}. See Illust. under {Horse}.
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{Stifle bone}, a small bone at the stifle joint; the patella,
or kneepan.
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Stifle \Sti"fle\, v. i.
To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because
some noxious substance prevents respiration.
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You shall stifle in your own report. --Shak.
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190 Moby Thesaurus words for "stifle":
abate, allay, alleviate, asphyxiate, assuage, attemper, bake,
bank the fire, bar, barricade, be in heat, black out, blaze, block,
block up, blockade, bloom, blow out, blunt, boil, bolt, bottle up,
broil, burke, burn, censor, chasten, check, chock, choke,
choke off, clamp down on, close, close off, close tight, close up,
combust, constipate, constrain, constrict, control, cook, cork,
cork up, cover up, crack down on, crowd, crush, curb, damp,
damp down, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, debar, demolish, destroy,
diminish, dog, douse, downplay, drown, dull, dumbfound, extenuate,
extinguish, flame, flame up, flare, flare up, flicker, flush, fry,
gag, garrote, gasp, glow, hold back, hold down, hold in,
hugger-mugger, hush, hush up, hush-hush, incandesce, inhibit, jam,
jump on, keep back, keep down, keep under, keep within bounds,
kill, lay, lenify, lessen, lighten, lock, mitigate, moderate,
modulate, muffle, mute, muzzle, obstruct, obtund, occlude, out,
pack, palliate, pant, parch, play down, pour water on, prevent,
put down, put out, put to silence, quash, quell, quench, quiet,
quieten, radiate heat, reduce, reduce the temperature, repress,
restrain, roast, scald, scorch, seethe, shimmer with heat, shush,
shut down on, shut off, shut out, shut tight, silence, simmer,
sit down on, sit on, slack, slacken, slow down, smash, smolder,
smother, snuff, snuff out, sober, sober down, soft-pedal, soften,
spark, squash, squeeze, squeeze shut, squelch, stagnate, stamp out,
stanch, steam, stew, still, stop, stop the breath, stop up,
strangle, strangulate, strike dumb, stultify, subdue, sublimate,
suffocate, suppress, sweat, swelter, tame, temper, throttle, toast,
tone down, trammel, trample out, trample underfoot, tune down,
underplay, weaken, withhold


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  • STIFLE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
    The meaning of STIFLE is to withhold from circulation or expression How to use stifle in a sentence
  • Stifel
    Stifel is a full service brokerage and investment banking firm The Company provides securities brokerage, investment banking, trading, investment advisory, and related financial services to individual investors, professional money managers, businesses, and municipalities
  • STIFLE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
    STIFLE definition: 1 to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air: 2 to prevent something from… Learn more
  • STIFLE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
    If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing Regulations on children stifled creativity [VERB noun] Critics have accused the U S of trying to stifle debate [VERB noun] If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn [VERB noun]
  • STIFLE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
    Stifle definition: to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle free expression See examples of STIFLE used in a sentence
  • stifle verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
    [intransitive, transitive] to feel unable to breathe, or to make somebody unable to breathe, because it is too hot and or there is no fresh air synonym suffocate I felt I was stifling in the airless room stifle somebody Most of the victims were stifled by the fumes Definition of stifle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  • Stifle - definition of stifle by The Free Dictionary
    1 (tr) to smother or suppress: stifle a cough 1 to quell, crush, or end by force 2 to suppress, curb, or withhold: to stifle a yawn 3 to kill by impeding respiration; smother 4 to suffer from difficulty in breathing, as in a close atmosphere 5 to become stifled or suffocated sti′fler, n n
  • stifle - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
    stifle (plural stifles) The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans Synonym: stifle joint (veterinary medicine) A bone disease of this region
  • Stifle - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com
    The verb stifle means “to choke, suffocate, drown ” It can describe a claustrophobic feeling, like getting smothered by kisses from your great aunt At its most extreme, stifle means to kill by cutting off respiration
  • Stifle Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
    STIFLE meaning: 1 : to not allow yourself to do or express (something); 2 : to stop (someone) from doing or expressing something





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