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stifle 1 AHD[stīʹfəl] D.J.[ˈstaɪfəl]K.K.[ˈstaɪfəl]v.（动词）sti.fled, sti.fling, sti.fles v.tr.（及物动词）- To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).打断或切断（例如，声音）
- To keep in or hold back; repress:阻止或抑制；压制：stifled my indignation.See Synonyms at suppress 抑制我的气愤 参见 suppress
- To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.扼杀：通过使窒息而杀死；使窒息或闷死
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To feel smothered or suffocated by or as if by close confinement in a stuffy room.窒息：感到透不过气来或窒息，象被关在一间不通风的房里一样
- To die of suffocation.窒息而死
- Middle English stifilen 中古英语 stifilen
- alteration influenced by Old Norse stīfla [to stop up] 受 古斯堪的纳维亚语 stīfla的影响 [停止]
- of stuffen, stuflen [to stifle, choke, drown] stuffen的变化, stuflen [扼杀，闷死，淹死]
- from Old French estoufer 源自 古法语 estoufer
- [of Germanic origin] [源于日耳曼语]
stiʹfler n.（名词）
stifle 2 AHD[stīʹfəl] D.J.[ˈstaɪfəl]K.K.[ˈstaɪfəl]n.（名词）- The joint of the hind leg analogous to the human knee in certain quadrupeds, such as the horse.后腿膝关节：某些四足动物后腿象人的膝盖一样的关节，如马
- Middle English 中古英语
- possibly from Old French estivel [pipe, leg, tibia] 可能源自 古法语 estivel [管子，腿，胫骨]
- from Latin stīpes [stick] 源自 拉丁语 stīpes [棍子]
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