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1. Oxford Dictionary

   stifle

   • IPA[ˈstʌɪfl]

   英式

   • v.
     make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate；restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion)

   • verb: stifle, 3rd person present: stifles, gerund or present participle: stifling, past tense: stifled, past participle: stifled

2. • 釋義

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate those in the streets were stifled by the fumes 同義詞 suffocate, choke, asphyxiate, smother
   • 2. restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion) she stifled a giggle 同義詞 suppress, smother, restrain, keep back, hold back, ... 更多hold in, fight back, choke back, gulp back, withhold, check, keep in check, swallow, muffle, quench, curb, silence, contain, bottle up, bite one's lip, cork up反義詞 let out
   • ▪ prevent or constrain (an activity or idea) high taxes were stifling private enterprise 同義詞 constrain, hinder, hamper, impede, hold back, ... 更多curb, check, restrain, prevent, inhibit, put an end/stop to, stop, quash, squash, stamp out, destroy, crush, extinguish, deaden, damp down, subdue, suppress, repress, silence, muffle, mute, gag反義詞 encourage