【記】a無，非，sphyx搏動→脈搏不再跳動→窒息

asphyxiate v. ( 使 ) 窒息而死 ( to suffocate )
【例】The men trapped in the mine were asphyxiated by gas.
那些困在礦井中的人因瓦斯中毒窒息死亡。