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She felt often she must suffocate.
她不时感到自己非窒息致死不可.
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But they do suffocate from a lack of air.
但它们确实也会因为缺少空气而窒息.
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If you stayed seated, he said, you'd suffocate.
如果你还留在座位上，他说，你就窒息了。
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suffocate (使)窒息，(使)气闷
来源于拉丁语中由前缀sub-(下)和fauces(咽喉，--英语faucal的词源)组成的复合动词suffocare的过去分词。
词根词缀：suf-下 + foc咽喉 + -ate动词后缀
同源词：faucal
suffocate 使窒息，闷死
来自拉丁语 suffocare，窒息，扼住咽喉，来自 suf-，在下，fauces，喉咙，词源同 faucet，水龙头。
suffocate (v.)
early 15c. (transitive), "deprive of air, choke, kill by preventing access of air to the lungs," also figurative, "stifle, smother, extinguish," from Latin suffocatus, past participle of suffocare "to choke" (see suffocation). Intransitive use, "become choked, stifled, or smothered," is from 1702. Related: Suffocated; suffocating.
