v.猛打,重击,打击( smite的过去式 )
They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket.
他们试图用一条湿毯子去灭火.
Don't put that cloth over the baby's face, you'll smother him!
不要把布盖在那个婴儿脸上, 会使他窒息的!
She summoned up all her pity for him, to smother her self-pity.
她抑制着心中的自怜,将满腔的怜悯之情都倾注在了他的身上。