stifling
柯林斯词典
1. ADJ Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot. 热得难受的
The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous. 小房间里难以忍受的高温开始令我恶心。
2. ADJ If a situation is stifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want. 令人感到压抑的
Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling. 在家里和她父母及两个姊妹生活令人感到压抑。
3. →see also stifle
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stifling /ˈstaɪflɪŋ/
剑桥词典
stifling adjective (NO AIR)
extremely hot and unpleasant
闷热的,热得令人窒息的
I can't bear this stifling humidity . 我受不了这种闷热潮湿。
Several hundred people were crammed into the stifling room . 几百人挤在这个令人窒息的房间里。
stifling adjective (PREVENT HAPPENING)
preventing something from happening
阻止的;压制的,抑制的;扼杀的
stifling bureaucracy 专制的官僚作风 返回 stifling