smother

• vt.窒息させる；抑制する；（灰などで）窒息させる；押しとどめる
• vi. 窒息させる；抑制する；窒息させる
• n. 窒息状態；窒息する煙

中英語の smorthre, smoke, 古英語の smorian, 窒息させる、窒息させる, -ian, 表現語, 原語ゲルマン語*の smurona, 窒息させる、窒息させる, 語源は smolder と同じかもしれない, -ther, 器官格接尾辞, tether, mother と比較。.

smother (v.)

c. 1200, "to suffocate with smoke," from smother (n.), earlier smorthre "dense, suffocating smoke" (late 12c.), from stem of Old English smorian "to suffocate, choke, strangle, stifle," cognate with Middle Dutch smoren, German schmoren; possibly connected to smolder. Meaning "to kill by suffocation in any manner" is from 1540s; sense of "to extinguish a fire" is from 1590s. Sense of "stifle, repress" is first recorded 1570s; meaning "to cover thickly (with some substance)" is from 1590s. Related: Smothered; smothering.

1. She summoned up all her pity for him，to smother her self-pity.

彼女は心の中の自分の哀れみを抑えて、彼に哀れみの気持ちを注いだ。

2.Don 't put that cloth over the baby 's face，you 'll smother him！

その赤ちゃんの顔に布をかぶせないでください。窒息させます！

3.They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket.

濡れた毛布で消火しようとした。

4.I just managed to smother a yawn.

私は何とかあくびを我慢したばかりです。

5.We tried to smother our laughter.

私たちは笑いをこらえた。