stifle
- IPA[ˈstīf(ə)l]
美式
- 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
- 釋義
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動詞
- 1. make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate those in the streets were stifled by the fumes 同義詞
- 2. restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion) she stifled a giggle she stifled a desire to turn and flee 同義詞 反義詞
- ▪ prevent or constrain (an activity or idea) high taxes were stifling private enterprise 同義詞 反義詞
- the bone in front of a stifle.
Oxford American Dictionary
- the bone in front of a stifle.
Oxford Dictionary
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈstʌɪfl]
英式
- make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate: those in the streets were stifled by the fumes
Oxford Dictionary
- IPA[ˈstīf(ə)l]
美式
- a joint in the legs of horses, dogs, and other animals, equivalent to the knee in humans.
Oxford American Dictionary
- IPA[ˈstʌɪfl]
英式
- a joint in the legs of horses, dogs, and other animals, equivalent to the knee in humans.
Oxford Dictionary
