strangle
英['stræŋg(ə)l]
美['stræŋɡl]
- vt. 把…勒死；使…窒息
- vi. 窒息而死；被勒死
英英释意
- 1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air;
- "he tried to strangle his opponent"
- "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes"
- 2. conceal or hide;
- "smother a yawn"
- "muffle one's anger"
- "strangle a yawn"
- 3. die from strangulation
- 4. prevent the progress or free movement of;
- "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
- "the imperilist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"
- 5. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing
- 6. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake;
- "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"