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

Suffocation \Suf`fo*ca"tion\, n. [L. suffocatio: cf. F.
   suffocation.]
   The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated;
   death caused by smothering or choking.

   Note: The term suffocation is sometimes employed synonymously
         with asphyxia. In the strict medico-legal sense it
         signifies asphyxia induced by obstruction of the
         respiration otherwise than by direct pressure on the
         neck (hanging, strangulation) or submersion (drowning).
         --Quain.

资料来源 : WordNet®

suffocation
     n 1: killing by depriving of oxygen [syn: {asphyxiation}]
     2: the condition of being derprived of oxygen (as by having
        breathing stopped) [syn: {asphyxiation}]