strangler

英 [ˈstræŋɡlə(r)]

美 [ˈstræŋɡlər]

n.  扼(或勒、掐)死人者

复数：stranglers　

CET6

BNC.36839 / COCA.28274

牛津词典

noun

• 扼（或勒、掐）死人者
  a person who kills sb by squeezing their throat tightly

柯林斯词典

• VERB 勒死;扼死;绞死;掐死
  Tostranglesomeone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
  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. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
     他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。
• VERB 抑制;制止;扼杀
  Tostranglesomething means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.
  1. The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions...
     该国的经济困境阻碍了其科研机构的工作进展。
  2. His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.
     他的创造欲望已被他的政治负罪感扼杀了。

英英释义

noun

• someone who kills by strangling
  Synonym:garrotergarrotterthrottlerchoker
• an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
  Synonym:strangler tree

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