美[?s?f?ksi?et] 1 . We must trace the source of these noxious gases before they asphyxiate us.
在我們被這些有毒氣體窒息之前,必須查出其來源.
來自互聯網
1.deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing;
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
2.impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of;
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
3.be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen;
The child suffocated under the pillow
