stifle

• vt.首を絞める；窒息させる；隠す
• vi. 首を絞める；絞められる
• n. (馬などの) stifle; (馬などの) [動詞] stifle arthropathy.

語源は不明だが、おそらく最終的には PIE *steip, 押す、詰める、stuff, 語源は stiff, stuff.-le, 繰り返すと同じ。派生 語源 窒息させる、こらえる、絞め殺すなど。

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.

1. His hand shot to his mouth to stifle a giggle.

彼は急いで口を覆って、自分が笑って声を出さないようにした。

2.It is best stifle curiosity and leave birds 'nests alone.鳥の巣に触れないように好奇心を抑えることができたほうがいい。

3.Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.

批評家は、米国が論争を抑えようとしていると非難した。

4.She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn.

彼女はこらえきれずあくびをした。

5.The food did nothing to stifle her queasiness.

食べ物は嘔吐したい感じを抑えていない。