资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffocated}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Suffocating}.]
   1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to
      smother.

            Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate.  --Shak.

   2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.

Suffocating \Suf"fo*ca`ting\,
   a. & n. from {Suffocate}, v. -- {Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly}, adv.

资料来源 : WordNet®

suffocating
     adj : causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of
           fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June
           dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat";
           "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn: {smothering},
            {suffocative}]