Suffocating

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suffocate

(-) a. & n. from Suffocate, v.

编辑:韦斯利

• Markest thou the smouldering and suffocating vapour which already eddies in sable folds through the chamber? 沃尔特·司各特. 艾凡赫.
• Roman science was stillborn, into a suffocating atmosphere of vile wealth and military oppression. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• Now, if the skeleton up-stairs had taken that opportunity, for instance, of calling out 'Here I am, suffocating in the closet! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• The sound came like a reproach, a scoff--like the sting of remorse in the soul--I gasped--the veins and muscles of my throat swelled, suffocating me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• The place was intolerably dirty, and the smell of tobacco smoke perfectly suffocating. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• I saw them'--he stopped as though he were suffocating, and began again--'I saw them walking side by side, last night. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

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