to smother a yawn/giggle/grin

A father was secretly filmed as he tried to smother his six-week-old son in hospital.

一位父亲在医院里企图捂死自己 6 周大的儿子的情景被秘密地拍了下来。

The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered.

反对党的声音被有效地压制了下去。

The girls tried to smother their giggles.

女孩们使劲忍住不笑出声来。

I don't want him to feel smothered.

我不想让他感到窒息。

Intellectual life in France was smothered by the occupation...

在被占领期间法国思想界受到了压制。

The girl's parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames.

女孩的父母试图扑灭大火的时候也被烧伤了。

It was like being smothered by a feather bed.

这好象蒙了一床鸭绒被,捂得令人窒息.

The victim was smothered to death.

受害人被窒息致死.

The wind smothered the houses with dust.

大风刮起的尘土覆盖了房子.

The storm never let up , continuing to swallow everything with smothering force.

而风势仍不减弱,以铺天盖地之势席卷、吞没着一切.

We are smothering in this stuffy room.

我们在这不通风的房间里正透不过气来.

At the current level, 10-year yields aren't exactly smothering the economy.

在目前水平, 10年期收益率还不至于扼杀经济.

He wrapped the coat around her head, smothering the flames.

他用上衣包住她的头, 熄灭了火.

I'm smothering in this stuffy room.

在这个闷热的房间里我透不过气来.

B: Channel 7, the Smothers Brothers Show.

乙: 第七频道的斯马塞斯兄弟表演.

Smothers the fire with a blanket if clothes get fire.

假如衣服著火,以灭火毯去扑灭火种.

A cloud of smoke or dust or smothers.

掀起充满沙尘烟云的风暴.

Mary smothers her children with too much love.

玛丽溺爱自己的孩子.

He smothers his hair with grease, eg hair-oil.

他用发腊擦头发.

(figurative)The feud smouldered on for years.

这场冤仇积结了多年。