strangle
strangle
verb
strangler
noun
语源
verb
- [with obj.]squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal), especially so as to cause death
扼死，掐死；勒死，绞死
the victim was strangled with a scarf.
那个受害者是被一条围巾勒死的。
■[as adj. strangled]sounding as though the speaker's throat is constricted
使哽咽，闷住，使窒息
a series of strangled gasps.
一连串憋闷的喘息。
■suppress (an impulse, action, or sound)
抑制，压制（冲动，行动，声音）
she strangled a sob.
她抑制住啜泣。
■hamper or hinder the development or activity of
妨碍；阻止，阻碍
they allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative.
他们听任官僚作风阻碍创新。
strangler
noun
语源
- Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē 'halter', related to strangos 'twisted'
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