strangle 音标拼音: [str'æŋgəl]
vt . 勒死,扼死,压制,使窒息,抑制
vi . 被扼死,被绞死,窒息而死
勒死,扼死,压制,使窒息,抑制被扼死,被绞死,窒息而死
strangle v 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 " [
synonym :
{
strangle }, {
strangulate }, {
throttle }]
2 :
conceal or hide ; "
smother a yawn "; "
muffle one '
s anger ";
"
strangle a yawn " [
synonym : {
smother }, {
stifle }, {
strangle },
{
muffle }, {
repress }]
3 :
die from strangulation 4 :
prevent the progress or free movement of ; "
He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather "; "
the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries " [
synonym : {
hamper }, {
halter }, {
cramp }, {
strangle }]
5 :
constrict (
someone '
s )
throat and keep from breathing [
synonym :
{
choke }, {
strangle }]
6 :
struggle for breath ;
have insufficient oxygen intake ; "
he swallowed a fishbone and gagged " [
synonym : {
gag }, {
choke },
{
strangle }, {
suffocate }]
Strangle \
Stran "
gle \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Strangled };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Strangling }.] [
OF .
estrangler ,
F . ['
e ]
trangler ,
L .
strangulare ,
Gr . ?, ?,
fr . ?
a halter ;
and perhaps akin to E .
string ,
n .
Cf . {
Strain }, {
String }.]
1 .
To compress the windpipe of (
a person or animal )
until death results from stoppage of respiration ;
to choke to death by compressing the throat ,
as with the hand or a rope .
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1913 Webster ]
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself . --
Ayliffe .
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1913 Webster ]
2 .
To stifle ,
choke ,
or suffocate in any manner .
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1913 Webster ]
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault , . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes ? --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
3 .
To hinder from appearance ;
to stifle ;
to suppress .
"
Strangle such thoughts ." --
Shak .
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1913 Webster ]
Strangle \
Stran "
gle \,
v .
i .
To be strangled ,
or suffocated .
[
1913 Webster ]
162 Moby Thesaurus words for "
strangle ":
OD ,
abbreviate ,
asphyxiate ,
bang ,
bar ,
barricade ,
batten ,
batten down ,
be killed ,
behead ,
block ,
block up ,
blockade ,
bolt ,
bottle up ,
bowstring ,
burke ,
burn ,
button ,
button up ,
censor ,
chock ,
choke ,
choke off ,
circumscribe ,
clamp down on ,
clap ,
close ,
close off ,
close tight ,
close up ,
coarct ,
compact ,
compress ,
concentrate ,
condense ,
consolidate ,
constrict ,
constringe ,
contain ,
contract ,
cork ,
cork up ,
cover ,
crack down on ,
cramp ,
crowd ,
crucify ,
crush ,
curtail ,
damp down ,
debar ,
decapitate ,
decollate ,
decrease ,
defenestrate ,
deflate ,
disarm ,
dog ,
draw ,
draw in ,
draw together ,
drown ,
electrocute ,
enchain ,
execute ,
extinguish ,
famish ,
fasten ,
fold ,
fold up ,
gag ,
garrote ,
guillotine ,
hamstring ,
handcuff ,
hobble ,
hog -
tie ,
hold down ,
inflict capital punishment ,
jam ,
jump on ,
keep down ,
keep under ,
key ,
kill ,
knit ,
knock out ,
lapidate ,
latch ,
lock ,
lock out ,
lock up ,
manacle ,
muffle ,
muzzle ,
narrow ,
obstruct ,
occlude ,
pack ,
padlock ,
paralyze ,
plumb ,
pour water on ,
prostrate ,
pucker ,
pucker up ,
purse ,
put down ,
put out ,
put to death ,
quash ,
quell ,
quench ,
reduce ,
repress ,
seal ,
seal off ,
seal up ,
secure ,
shoot ,
shorten ,
shush ,
shut ,
shut down on ,
shut off ,
shut out ,
shut the door ,
shut tight ,
shut up ,
silence ,
sit down on ,
sit on ,
slam ,
smash ,
smother ,
snap ,
snuff out ,
solidify ,
squash ,
squeeze ,
squeeze shut ,
squelch ,
stamp out ,
stanch ,
starve ,
stifle ,
stone ,
stop the breath ,
stop up ,
strangulate ,
stultify ,
subdue ,
suffocate ,
suppress ,
throttle ,
trample out ,
trample underfoot ,
truss up ,
wrinkle ,
zip up ,
zipper
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