cover tightly be tonguetied stop speaking shut oneself or sb. indoors
He was quiet, conscientious, a bit of a plodder.
他做事闷声不响,小心谨慎,有点死气沉沉的。
—— 柯林斯例句That´s better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room.
这样好些了,我刚才在那个小房间里快闷死了。
—— 柯林斯例句He gave a grunt and loosed his grip on the rifle.
他闷哼了一声,松开了握着来复枪的手。
—— 柯林斯例句Next, she disembowelled a melon with a quiet fury.
接着,她闷着头愤愤地掏空瓜瓤。
—— 柯林斯例句He either suffocated, or froze to death.
他要么是闷死的,要么是冻死的。
—— 柯林斯例句