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stifling ['staɪflɪŋ]suffocant, étouffant;∎ open the window, it's stifling in here! ouvre la fenêtre, on étouffe ici!;∎ it was a stifling hot day il faisait une chaleur étouffante -
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adjective (very hot, stuffy etc: stifling heat; It's stifling in here.) étouffant -
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1) (to prevent, or be prevented, from breathing (easily) eg because of bad air, an obstruction over the mouth and nose etc; to suffocate: He was stifled to death when smoke filled his bedroom; I'm stifling in this heat!) étouffer2) (to extinguish or put out (flames).) étouffer3) (to suppress (a yawn, a laugh etc).) réprimer•- stifling -
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A n1 gen, Phys, Meteorol chaleur f ; the plants wilted in the heat les plantes se sont fanées à la chaleur ; he was sweating in ou with the heat il transpirait à cause de la chaleur ; she was exhausted by the heat elle se sentait exténuée à cause de la chaleur ; the summer/afternoon heat la chaleur de l'été/de l'après-midi ; in the heat of the summer au plus chaud de l'été ; in the heat of the day au moment le plus chaud de la journée ; we were stifling in the 30° heat il faisait 30° et on étouffait ; in this heat nobody feels hungry par cette chaleur personne n'a faim ; a cream to take the heat out of sunburnt skin un lait apaisant pour les coups de soleil ;2 Culin (of hotplate, gas ring) feu m ; ( of oven) température f ; cook at a low/moderate heat faire cuire à feu doux/moyen ; ( in oven) faire cuire à basse température /à température moyenne ; turn up/turn down the heat augmenter/diminuer le feu or la température ;3 ( heating) chauffage m ; to turn the heat on/off mettre/arrêter le chauffage ; to turn the heat up/down monter/baisser le chauffage ;4 Sport épreuve f éliminatoire ; ( in athletics) série f ; she won her heat elle a remporté sa série ;5 Zool to be on ou in heat être en chaleur ;6 fig (of argument, discussion) véhémence f ; in the heat of sth dans le feu de qch ; carried away by the heat of the discussion she… emportée dans le feu de la discussion elle… ; in the heat of the moment dans le feu de l'action ; to take the heat off sb soulager qn ; that's taken the heat off us cela nous a soulagés ; to put ou turn the heat on sb to do faire pression sur qn pour qu'il fasse ; the heat is on il va falloir mettre le paquet (to do pour faire) ; ⇒ kitchen.B vtr gen chauffer [room, house, pool] ; Culin faire chauffer [food, oven] ; Med échauffer [blood] ; heat the oven to 180° faire chauffer le four à 180°.C vi chauffer.■ heat through [food, drink, house] chauffer ; has the soup heated through? la soupe est-elle chaude? ;▶ heat [sth] through faire chauffer [food].■ heat up [food, drink] chauffer ; [air] se réchauffer ; wait until the engine/radiator heats up attends que le moteur/radiateur soit chaud ; has the iron heated up yet? est-ce que le fer est chaud? ;▶ heat [sth] up, heat up [sth] ( for first time) faire chauffer [food, oven] ; ( reheat) faire réchauffer [food]. -
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∎ it's a bit stuffy in here (stale) ça sent le renfermé ici; (stifling) on manque d'air ou on étouffe ici(b) pejorative (person → prim) collet monté (inv); (→ old-fashioned) vieux jeu (inv); (atmosphere, reception) guindé;∎ don't be so stuffy! (shocked) il n'y a pas de quoi être scandalisé!; (prim) ne sois pas si prude!; (old-fashioned) ne sois pas si vieux jeu!(c) (dull → book, subject, lecture) ennuyeux -
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stultification [‚stʌltɪfɪ'keɪʃən](b) (ridiculing) action f de ridiculiserUn panorama unique de l'anglais et du français > stultification
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stifling — adjective 1 a room or weather that is stifling is very hot and difficult to breathe in: a stifling, crowded carriage 2 a situation that is stifling stops you from developing your own ideas and character: the stifling atmosphere of the court … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
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Stifling — Stifle Sti fle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Stifled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stifling}.] [Freq. of OE. stif stiff; cf. Icel. st[=i]fla to dam up.] 1. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stifling — stiflingly, adv. /stuy fling/, adj. suffocating; oppressively close: the stifling atmosphere of the cavern. [1550 60; STIFLE1 + ING2] * * * … Universalium