stifle
音标：
英音/ ˈstaɪf(ə)l / 美音/ ˈstaɪf(ə)l /
听听基本释意：
外刊例句：
“If they speak out and use their voices with authority, there is an attempt to stifle them immediately.”
“如果他们大声说出来并使用权威的声音，就会尝试立即扼杀他们。”
—BBC
But he argues there are real dangers for governments that stifle the voices of those who have legitimate concerns.
但是他认为，对政府的真正危险扼杀了那些有正当关注的人的声音。
—BBC
While daters like Ashley worry it might stifle possible connections, others say the feature might actually help shorter men find a match.
虽然像阿什利这样的日报士担心可能会扼杀可能的连接，但其他人则说，该功能实际上可能会帮助较短的男人找到比赛。
—BBC
基本释意：
verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
扼杀，抑制；强忍住，压抑（感情）；（使）窒息，（使）喘不上气
同义词：
没有找到同义词
短释义：
The verb stifle means “to choke, suffocate, drown.” It can describe a claustrophobic feeling, like getting smothered by kisses from your great aunt. At its most extreme, stifle means to kill by cutting off respiration. The metaphoric sense of stifle didn’t develop until well after the word was first recorded as a verb: “I can always tell — but never let on for fear of damaging his ego — that my boyfriend attempts to stifle tears during sappy parts of movies; his eyes well up at the corners and he’ll sniffle uncontrollably, claiming allergies.”
窒息是切断，握住或窒息。如果您不想打扰讲座，您可能会扼杀咳嗽，或者如果您担心输掉比赛，则可能会扼杀比赛。
长释义：
The verb stifle means “to choke, suffocate, drown.” It can describe a claustrophobic feeling, like getting smothered by kisses from your great aunt. At its most extreme, stifle means to kill by cutting off respiration. The metaphoric sense of stifle didn’t develop until well after the word was first recorded as a verb: “I can always tell — but never let on for fear of damaging his ego — that my boyfriend attempts to stifle tears during sappy parts of movies; his eyes well up at the corners and he’ll sniffle uncontrollably, claiming allergies.”
动词窒息的意思是“窒息，窒息，淹死。”它可以描述幽闭恐怖的感觉，就像被你的姨妈的亲吻所窒息一样。在最极端的情况下，窒息意味着通过切断呼吸来杀死。隐喻的窒息感直到单词首次被记录为动词之后才发展出来：“我总是可以说 – 但永远不要因为害怕损害他的自我而害怕，我的男朋友试图在电影的sapp脚部分扼杀泪水；他的眼睛在角落里很好地抬起头来，他会不断地窃笑，声称过敏。”
文学例句：
Tiffany put her hand over her mouth and stifled a giggle.
蒂芙尼把手放在嘴上，扼杀了一个咯咯笑。
—Each Little Bird That Sings by Deborah Wiles
He had his hand over his mouth to stifle his laughter.
他把手放在嘴上，扼杀了他的笑声。
—The Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
This brought a laugh even from Kat and Rio, which they had to stifle when Charlotte looked up and glared at them.
即使是凯特（Kat）和里约（Rio），这也引起了笑声，当夏洛特抬头瞪着他们时，他们不得不扼杀他们。
—City Spies by James Ponti
词源：
stifle(v.)late 14c., stuflen, “have difficulty breathing, choke, suffocate; drown, suffocate by drowning,” a word of of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of Old French estouffer “to stifle, smother” (Modern French étouffer), itself of uncertain etymology but perhaps from a Germanic source (compare Old High German stopfon “to plug up, stuff,” and see stuff, stop).
The metaphoric sense is from 1570s, “conceal;” by 1620s as “destroy, crush, suppress.” Of sounds by 1833. Related: Stifled; stifling.also from late 14c.
下面是词源的翻译（机器翻译比较难翻，参考着看）
stifle(v.)late 14c., stuflen, “have difficulty breathing, choke, suffocate; drown, suffocate by drowning,” a word of of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of Old French estouffer “to stifle, smother” (Modern French étouffer), itself of uncertain etymology but perhaps from a Germanic source (compare Old High German stopfon “to plug up, stuff,” and see stuff, stop).隐喻的感觉是1570年代的“隐藏”；到1620年代，“摧毁，粉碎，压制”。到1833年的声音。相关：窒息；窒息。也从14c后期开始。
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