stifle的意思

stifle

英式音标['staɪfl]
美式英标['staɪf(ə)l]

基本解释

vt. 扼杀；使窒息；藏匿

vi. 窒息；被扼杀

n. （马等的）后膝关节；（马等的）[动] 后膝关节病

stifle 窒息，压制，扼杀

词源不确定，可能最终来自 PIE*steip,压紧，打包，塞满，词源同 stiff,stuff.-le,表反复。引申词义窒息，压制，扼杀等。

stifle: stifle: [14] Stiffle was probably adapted from Old French estouffer ‘choke, smother’. This in turn went back to a Vulgar Latin *extuffāre, which may have been a blend of *extūfāre ‘take a steam bath’ (source of English stew) and late Latin stuppāre ‘stop up, plug’ (source of English stop and stuff).
=> stew, stop, stuff
stifle (v.): late 14c., "to choke, suffocate, drown," of uncertain origin, possibly an alteration of Old French estouffer "to stifle, smother" (Modern French étouffer), itself of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Germanic source (compare Old High German stopfon "to plug up, stuff"). Metaphoric sense is from 1570s. Related: Stifled; stifling.

2. It is best to stifle curiosity and leave birds' nests alone.: 最好能克制住好奇心，不要去碰鸟巢。