闷 [mēn]

• 动词
  • （使不透气） cover tightly:

    cover [bank] fire with ashes;

    把火闷灭

    Let the tea stand a while to draw flavour.

    把沏好的茶再闷一会儿。

  • （不说话） be tonguetied; stop speaking:

    Everybody is tonguetied at the meeting.

    会上大家都闷住了。

    You seem to brood over things.

    你好像有什么事闷在心里。

  • （呆在屋里， 不去外面） shut oneself or sb. indoors:

    shut one's child indoors

    把孩子闷在家里

• 形容词
  • （气压低或空气不流通） stuffy; close; suffocative:

    suffocating ;

    闷得难受

    The air here is terribly close.

    这里真闷。

  • （声音不响亮） muffled; dull in sound:

    speak in a muffled voice

    说话声音很闷

闷 [mèn]

• 形容词
  • （心情不舒畅; 心烦） depressed; vexed; sad and silent:

    vexed; worried;

    烦闷

    sit sullenly;

    闷坐

  • （密闭;不透气）sealed; airtight; tightly closed