stifle
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）后膝關節；（馬等的）[動] 后膝關節病
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，可能最終來自 PIE*steip,壓緊，打包，塞滿，詞源同 stiff,stuff.-le,表反復。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。
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- 2. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone.
- 最好能克制住好奇心，不要去碰鳥巢。
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- 3. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
- 批評家指責美國試圖壓制爭論。
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- 4. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.
- 她忍不住打了個哈欠。
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- 5. The food did nothing to stifle her queasiness.
- 食物并沒有壓住她想嘔吐的感覺。
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