Các tầng nghĩa / Phát âm
adj. suffocating; stuffy; v. to cover tightly; to keep silent
bored / depressed / melancholy / sealed / airtight / tightly closed
Example Sentences
暴风雨即将来临之前，空气格外沉闷压抑，让人透不过气来。
bào fēng yǔ jí jiāng lái lín zhī qián, kōng qì gé wài chén mèn yā yì, ràng rén tòu bù guò qì lái.
Just before the storm approaches, the air is extremely dull and oppressive, making it suffocating.
外面下着暴雨不能开窗，房间里的空气让人感到十分闷热。
wài miàn xià zhe bào yǔ bù néng kāi chuāng, fáng jiān lǐ de kōng qì ràng rén gǎn dào shí fēn mēn rè.
It was raining heavily outside and the windows could not be opened. The air in the room felt very stuffy.
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Related Words & Compounds
sultry / sultriness / hot and stuffy / stifling hot
depressed / sulky / moody / unhappy
(coll.) outwardly cold or retiring but deep and passionate inside
muffled thunder / (fig.) sudden shock / blow
alcohol drunk to drown one's sorrows
silent fart
lit. closed gourd / fig. enigma / complete mystery / taciturn person
to keep silent
muffled
to amass wealth while keeping a low profile (idiom)
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