stifle

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英 ['sta?f(?)l] 美['sta?fl]

vt. 扼殺；使窒息；藏匿
vi. 窒息；被扼殺
n. （馬等的）后膝關(guān)節(jié)；（馬等的）[動(dòng)] 后膝關(guān)節(jié)病

CET6+TEM4GRE低頻詞常用詞匯TOEFL

詞態(tài)變化

第三人稱(chēng)單數(shù):?stifles;過(guò)去式:?stifled;過(guò)去分詞:?stifled;現(xiàn)在分詞:?stifling;副詞:?stiflingly;形容詞:?stifling;

助記提示

1. It may have been a blend of *extufus 'take a steam bath' (source of English stew and stove) and late Latin stuppare 'stop up, plug' (source of English stop and stuff).
2. stiff, stuff => stif- + -le (diminutive suffix) => stifle.
3. 諧音“使袋封”------把袋子封死，使其窒息而死。

中文詞源

stifle 窒息，壓制，扼殺

詞源不確定，可能最終來(lái)自 PIE*steip,壓緊，打包，塞滿，詞源同 stiff,stuff.-le,表反復(fù)。引申詞義窒息，壓制，扼殺等。

英文詞源

stifle: stifle: [14] Stiffle was probably adapted from Old French estouffer ‘choke, smother’. This in turn went back to a Vulgar Latin *extuffāre, which may have been a blend of *extūfāre ‘take a steam bath’ (source of English stew) and late Latin stuppāre ‘stop up, plug’ (source of English stop and stuff).
=> stew, stop, stuff
stifle (v.): late 14c., "to choke, suffocate, drown," of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of Old French estouffer "to stifle, smother" (Modern French étouffer), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Germanic source (compare Old High German stopfon "to plug up, stuff"). Metaphoric sense is from 1570s. Related: Stifled; stifling.

雙語(yǔ)例句

1. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.: 他趕緊捂住嘴，不讓自己笑出聲來(lái)。

2. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone.: 最好能克制住好奇心，不要去碰鳥(niǎo)巢。

3. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.: 批評(píng)家指責(zé)美國(guó)試圖壓制爭(zhēng)論。

4. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.: 她忍不住打了個(gè)哈欠。