asphyxiated(形容词/过去分词):窒息的;(因缺氧而)昏迷或死亡的。常用于描述由于空气不足、气道受阻、溺水、烟雾或有毒气体等导致的缺氧状态。(动词原形:asphyxiate)
/æsˈfɪk.si.eɪ.tɪd/
The smoke was so thick that several people were asphyxiated.
烟雾太浓了,以至于有几个人窒息了。
He was found asphyxiated in the poorly ventilated room, where a gas leak had gone unnoticed for hours.
他被发现死于(或陷入)窒息,地点在通风不良的房间里,而燃气泄漏已持续数小时无人察觉。
来自 asphyxia(窒息),源于古希腊语 **a-**(无、缺少)+ sphyxis(脉搏),原意接近“无脉搏的状态”,后引申为“因缺氧导致的窒息/濒死状态”。英语中再加动词后缀构成 asphyxiate,其过去分词/形容词形式即 asphyxiated。