strangulation

英 [ˌstræŋɡjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌstræŋɡjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  扼死; 勒死; 掐死; 抑制; 压制; 扼杀

GRE医学

BNC.26850 / COCA.22171

牛津词典

noun

• 扼死；勒死；掐死
  the act of killing sb by squeezing their throat tightly; the state of being killed in this way
  1. to die of slow strangulation
     被缓慢勒死
• 抑制；压制；扼杀
  the act of preventing sth from growing or developing
  1. the strangulation of the human spirit
     对人的精神压制

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 勒死;扼死;绞死;掐死
  Strangulationis the act of killing someone by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
  1. He is charged with the strangulation of two students.
     他被指控勒死了两名学生。

英英释义

noun

• the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
  1. no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
  Synonym:chokingstranglingthrottling
• (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
  1. strangulation of the intestine
• the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

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