asphyxia
n.窒息,昏厥
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asphyxia为短语/超纲词汇
asphyxia
/əs'fɪksɪə; [US] æs'f-; æs`fɪksɪə/
n [U] condition caused by lack of air in the lungs; suffocation 窒息.
asphyxia
n[U]formal[
Date: 1700-1800;
Language: Modern Latin;Origin:Greek,
'stopping the flow of blood', from a-
'not' + sphyzein
'to beat regularly, throb']
death caused by not being able to breathe
=
suffocation