vt.& vi.(使某人)窒息而死,(将某人)闷死,阻碍
vi.呼吸困难,窒息,受扼制,受阻(发展不了)
The afternoon heat was suffocating.
下午热得让人透不过气来。
After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.
和父母呆了几个星期后,她感到自己毫无自由。
That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.
这样好些了,我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。