stifling
adj. 令人窒息的; 沉悶的
v. (使)窒息,(使)窒悶( stifle的現在分詞)
Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot.
The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.
小房間裡令人窒息的熱氣開始讓我感到噁心。
If a situation is stifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want.
Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.
和父母及兩個姐妹生活在一起讓她感到很壓抑。
...a stifling bureaucracy.
令人窒息的官僚主義
1. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority;
1. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity;
Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling.
和父母及兩個姐妹生活在一起讓她感到很壓抑。
The weather is stifling. It looks like rain.
今天太悶熱, 光景是要下雨.
The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous.
小房間裡令人窒息的熱氣開始讓我感到噁心。
We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed.
我們在那間關著窗戶的熱屋子裡,簡直透不過氣來.
The Queen also found heavy blankets in an already stifling bedroom.
王后發現,在那間已經很悶熱的臥室裡,毛毯卻很厚.