kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate
使窒息，把（某人）闷死。
extinguish (a fire) by covering it
把（火）闷熄。
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用…完全覆盖（人，物）
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rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream. 包裹着厚厚一层松软掼奶油的口味浓郁的桔子冰糕。
make (someone) feel trapped and oppressed by acting in an overly protective manner towards them
（因过分呵护而使某人）感到压抑。
suppress (a feeling or action)
抑制（感情，行为）
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she smothered a sigh .她强忍住不叹息。
(in sport)stop the motion of (the ball or a shot)
（运动中）拦截（球，射门，投篮）
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the goalkeeper was able to smother the ball. 守门员拦住了球。
cook in a covered container
焖煮，煨
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[as adj.
smothered ]smothered fried chicken .焖炸鸡。
a mass of something that stifles or obscures
杂乱的一大堆东西，一片混乱
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all this vanished in a smother of foam .所有这一切都消失在一堆泡沫中。
"Middle English （as a noun in the sense ‘stifling smoke’）： from the base of Old English