strangulate [ˈstraŋgjʊleɪt] verb [with obj.][often as adj. strangulated]
(Medicine)prevent circulation of the blood supply through (a part of the body, especially a hernia) by constriction (医)绞窄(身体某部位,尤其是疝) a strangulated hernia. 绞窄性疝。
(informal)strangle; throttle (非正式)勒死;绞死,扼杀 the poor woman died strangulated. 那个可怜的女人是被扼死的。 ■[as adj. strangulated]sounding as though the speaker's throat is constricted 使哽咽,闷住 a strangulated cry. 哽咽。
语源
mid 17th cent. (in the sense 'suffocate'): from Latin strangulat- 'choked', from the verb strangulare (see strangle)