v.窒息；闷死；用沙等闷住火；忍住；厚厚地或大面积地覆盖

They smother his better instinct. 这些声音窒息了他的良知。

He smothered the baby with a pillow. 他用枕头把婴儿闷死了。

It's better to smother the fire with the earth. 最好用土把火掩熄。

If you put too much coal on the fire at once you'll smother it. 在火上一下子添上很多煤，反而能把火闷死。

We tried to smother our laughter. 我们强忍住笑。

I just managed to smother a yawn. 我刚设法忍住了一个呵欠。

He could hardly smother his anger. 他几乎抑制不住他的愤怒之情。

In some of Jame's fiction motive seems to smother event. 在詹姆斯的一些小说里动机似乎把情节掩盖住了。