smother/ 'sm^ðər /

1.vt.[+fire] [ flames] 
把…闷熄

2.vt.[+person] 
(suffocate) 使窒息

3.vt.[+person] 
(over-protect) 溺爱

4.vt.[+emotions] 
(repress) 抑制

to smother sth/sb with sth
用某物将某物/某人覆盖
smothered with {or} in sth
以{或}被某物覆盖