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词汇 stiflingly
释义 stiflingly
adverb
uk /ˈstaɪ.fəl.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈstaɪ.fəl.ɪŋ.li/

stiflinglyadverb (HOT)


in a way that is extremely hot and unpleasant: 闷热地,热得令人窒息地
It's stiflingly hot in here.这里热得令人窒息。
Violent storms and stiflingly high temperatures can strain the equipment.剧烈的风暴和令人窒息的高温会给设备带来很大的压力。
The room was stiflingly hot.
On a stiflingly hot night, he stayed cool by covering his head with a wet towel.
Avoid June to mid-September when it can be stiflingly humid and rainy.
The air was stiflingly still and hot.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hot & heat
bake
baking
beat down
blisteringly
boiling
boiling hot
closeness
fug
haze
haze over
heated
mirage
overheat
scorchingly
stifling
stuffiness
suffocatingly
superhot
sweltering
torrid

stiflinglyadverb (LIMITING)


in a way that prevents something from happening:
The writing should be readable, not stiflingly academic.
Lauren is desperate for a reprieve from her stiflingly protective family.
The current system is stiflingly rule-based.
David was only too happy to escape from his rather stiflingly austere upbringing in the north of England.
There's nothing more stiflingly conformist than youth culture.
It's the story of a smart girl growing up in a tiny village and escaping its stiflingly circumscribed life.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Unhelpful and Uncooperative
awkward
awkwardly
awkwardness
balky
deterrent
non-constructive
non-cooperation
non-cooperative
obstructionism
obstructionist
passive-aggressive
pre-emptive
stultifying
stultifyingly
unaccommodating
uncooperativeness
under your feetidiom
unforthcoming
unhelpful
unhelpfully

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Examples of stiflingly


stiflingly
This dim, heavily scented, and stiflingly warm room often affects students' wakefulness.
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On stiflingly hot days dogs must have easy access to water and should not be permitted to run and play for too long.
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It profiled itself as antagonistic towards stiflingly old-fashioned, unliterary writing.
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