| 词汇 | strangle |
| 释义 | strangleWord family nounstranglementstranglerstranglesstrangleholdverbstrangle stran·gle /ˈstræŋɡəl/ verb [transitiveT] 1 KILLBREATHEto kill someone by pressing their throat with your hands, a rope etc 扼死；勒死；绞死 → choke strangle with The victim had been strangled with a belt. 受害者是被人用皮带勒死的。 2 PREVENTto limit or prevent the growth or development of something 限制 [阻止]…的成长[发展]；扼杀 Mills argues that high taxation strangles the economy. 米尔斯认为高税收会阻碍经济的发展。 —strangler noun [countableC] Examples from the Corpus strangle• Police said that the victim had been strangled.• And then I strangled all their grannies.• They say he strangled an entire pack of Wolf Cubs and fed their bodies to a school of carp?• Piotr Jaroszewicz, 83, had been strangled at home near Warsaw after apparently being tortured.• The economy is being strangled by inefficiency and corruption.• The place was strangling her like a shrieking accusing prophet.• He slid his hands around her neck and tried to strangle her.• Hercules lifted him up and holding him in the air strangled him.• Doctor Horatio Holliday has been found strangled to death in his home, slumped over his dining room table.• Freitas was strangled with a nylon cord. From Longman Business Dictionary stranglestran·gle /ˈstræŋgəl/ noun [countableC]FINANCE another name for STRADDLE The strangle would be profitable if the stock price moves out of the 372p-444p range before expiry of the options on Nov 19. (1200-1300) Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare; → STRANGULATION |
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