strangle

英 [ˈstræŋ.ɡəl]      美 [ˈstræŋ.ɡəl]
  • vt. 把…勒死;使…窒息
  • vi. 窒息而死;被勒死
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1. string => strangle.
strangle 使窒息,抑制,扼死,勒死

来自拉丁语 strangulare,使窒息,使束缚,抑制,来自 PIE*strenk,紧的,窄的,拉紧,扭曲, 词源同 strain,stress,strict.引申词义扼死,勒死等。

strangle
strangle: [13] Strangle comes via Old French estrangler and Latin strangulāre from Greek straggalān ‘strangle’. This was related to straggós ‘twisted’, and has more distant links with English string and strong – the common semantic denominator being ‘stiffness, tautness’.
=> string, strong
strangle (v.)
late 13c., from Old French estrangler "choke, suffocate, throttle" (Modern French étrangler), from Latin strangulare "to choke, stifle, check, constrain," from Greek strangalan "to choke, twist," from strangale "a halter, cord, lace," related to strangos "twisted," from PIE root *strenk- "tight, narrow; pull tight, twist" (see string (n.)). Related: Strangled; strangling.
1. He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.
他企图勒死一名边防警察并偷走他的枪。
2. to strangle sb to death
把某人掐死
3. The dictator's first step was to strangle the free press.
独裁者的第一步是扼杀新闻自由.
4. He give a strangle cry and fall to the floor.
他发出一声受扼的叫喊,随即倒在地板上.
5. When I attended his lecture, I always tried hard to strangle yawns.
我上他的课时, 总是竭力地制止自己打呵欠.

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