stifling

1. ADJ Stifling heat is so intense that it makes you feel uncomfortable. You can also use stifling to describe a place that is extremely hot. 热得难受的

The stifling heat of the little room was beginning to make me nauseous. 小房间里难以忍受的高温开始令我恶心。

2. ADJ If a situation is stifling, it makes you feel uncomfortable because you cannot do what you want. 令人感到压抑的

Life at home with her parents and two sisters was stifling. 在家里和她父母及两个姊妹生活令人感到压抑。

3. →see also stifle