suffocate學測 L6KK [ˈsʌfəˌket] ｜ /ˈsʌfəˌkeɪt/
使窒息；窒息而死·喘不過氣；感到壓迫·壓抑；扼殺（創意等）
學測常考字，具體窒息與抽象扼殺兩義
She felt suffocated by the pressure of her part-time job.
打工的壓力讓她感到快要喘不過氣。
一個畫面：掐住呼吸道
缺氧窒息空氣被切斷，拼命喘氣
喘不過氣壓力大到像不能呼吸
創意被悶熄想法被規定壓得死死的
義項
濃煙缺氧B2verb使窒息；窒息而死
Thick smoke filled the room and everyone inside began to suffocate.
濃煙瀰漫房間，裡面的人開始窒息。
suffocate to deathstart to suffocate
壓力喘息B2verb喘不過氣；感到壓迫
Before the mid-term exam, Tom felt so suffocated that he could not sleep.
段考前，阿明壓力大到喘不過氣，晚上睡不著。
feel suffocatedsuffocated by pressure
規定扼殺B2verb壓抑；扼殺（創意等）
The strict school rules suffocate students' creativity.
學校嚴格的規定扼殺了學生的創意。
suffocate creativitysuffocate growth
片語
suffocate to death窒息喪命 →因缺氧而死亡
feel suffocated喘不過氣 →覺得快要窒息
suffocate creativity扼殺創意 →壓抑扼殺創意
你會不會這樣說？
The smoke-filled room was so ___ that people ran outside. (suffocating / suffocated)
看答案
suffocating
suffocating 是使人窒息，suffocated 是感到窒息。
'The strict school rules suffocate students' creativity.' 這句最符合哪個義項？(A) 缺氧窒息 (B) 壓抑創意
看答案
(B)
此句形容規定壓抑創意，對應扼殺義項，非生理缺氧。
字族
suffocating 令人窒息的；悶熱的・suffocated 感到窒息的