Stifle

(noun.) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee.

(verb.) smother or suppress; 'Stifle your curiosity'.

整理:希欧多尔

• And while they maunder along they stifle the forces of life which are trying to break through. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• It was impossible to stifle the consequences of that process for ever by political trickery. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
• My heart gave a great bound, and throbbed as if it would stifle me. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• She would stifle it and bury it, as Hetty Sorrell did. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
• He was ready to stifle with vexation, and obstinately would not promise to row. 本杰明·富兰克林. 富兰克林自传.
• Margaret's heart ached at his restlessness--his trying to stifle and strangle the hideous fear that was looming out of the dark places of his heart. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• I cannot bear houses; they stifle me; they crush me. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• The sensation of being stifled sometimes so overpowered him, that he would stand at the window holding his throat and gasping. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• The house is stifled by them. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• The air of the place stifled him, and he wondered why he had stayed in it so long. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• If the baby cried, it was nearly stifled lest the noise should make him uncomfortable. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• This cabinet dazzled me, it was so full of light: it deafened me, it was clamorous with voices: it stifled me, it was so hot, choking, thronged. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Jo lay motionless, and her sister fancied that she was asleep, till a stifled sob made her exclaim, as she touched a wet cheek. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• I am stifled at the present moment, and have scarcely breath enough to say this much, and to carry this precious box down-stairs for you. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• If one had habitually breathed the New York air there were times when anything less crystalline seemed stifling. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Here, its power was only a glare: a stifling, sickly glare, serving but to bring forward stains and dirt that might otherwise have slept. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• It was a close and stifling little shop; full of all sorts of clothing, made and unmade, including one window full of beaver-hats and bonnets. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• The kilns were burning, and a stifling vapour set towards us with a pale-blue glare. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• When he was gone, Dorothea's tears gushed forth, and relieved her stifling oppression. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• In this state of abstraction he found himself, the following morning, waking to the reality of a stifling September day in New York. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• Are you doctor enough, Godfrey, to tell me why I feel as if I was stifling for want of breath? 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• It stifles me to breathe the same air with her! 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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