Stifle

Definition

stifle /'staÇfl/ v ၁။ ထိန္းသည္။ ခ်ဳပ္သည္။ ေအာင့္သည္။ ႏိွမ္နင္းသည္။ ႏိွမ္သည္။ stifle a yawn/ laugh / cry/ sob ❍ The rebellion was quickly stifled. ❍ ( derog ) stifle ideas / initiative/ talent. ၂။ မြန္းက်ပ္သည္။ We were stifling in that hot room with all the windows closed. ❍ Smoke filled the room and almost stifled the firemen. ၃။ ၿငိႇမ္းသတ္သည္။ stifle the flames with a blanket. ❏ stifling /'staÇflÇŋ/ adj မြန္းက်ပ္ေစေသာ။ မြန္းက်ပ္ေသာ။ a stifling room/ smell/ atmo- sphere ❍ stifling heat ❍ It's stifling in here—let's open a window. ❏ stiflingly adv မြန္းမြန္းက်ပ္က်ပ္။ stiflingly hot.

Examples

1. Businesses are being stifled by a lot of new laws.
2. An attempt to stifle innovation/debate/democracy
3. She had to stifle a smile when they appeared.
4. He stifled the urge to scream.