"asphyxiating" in Chinese (Traditional)

• 使窒息的

Definition

導致人無法呼吸，通常會窒息。既可形容物理情況，也可形容被困或壓力過大的感覺。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

通常是正式或描述語言；常用於危險氣體、煙霧（‘asphyxiating fumes’），或形容令人窒息的情感環境。可指字面或比喻，並不口語。

Examples

The asphyxiating smoke filled the room.

**使窒息的**煙霧充滿了房間。

Be careful of asphyxiating gases in factories.

在工廠要小心**使窒息的**氣體。

The heat was asphyxiating during the summer.

夏天的高溫讓人感到**窒息**。

I had to leave the room because it was so asphyxiating with all the people talking at once.

我不得不離開房間，因為大家同時說話讓氣氛變得**讓人窒息**。

The meeting had an asphyxiating atmosphere—no one felt comfortable sharing ideas.

會議氣氛**令人窒息**，沒人願意提出想法。

After a while, the small car grew asphyxiating, so we rolled down the windows for fresh air.

過了一會兒，小汽車裡的空氣變得**令人窒息**，所以我們把窗戶搖下來透氣。