stifle
🇺🇸
/ˈstaɪfl/
🇬🇧
/ˈstaɪfl/
verb
R
to stop something from happening or being expressed
The new rules stifle creativity and free thinking.
新規定扼殺了創造力和自由思考。
R
to have trouble breathing or make someone unable to breathe due to heat or lack of air
The thick smoke made it hard to breathe and began to stifle everyone in the room.
濃煙讓人呼吸困難，開始使房間裡的每個人都喘不過氣來。
translation
壓制, 使窒息
詞形變化
3rd Present
stifles
Past
stifled
Perfect
stifled
Progressive
stifling