stranglestran•gle /'stræŋɡl/

vt

1. 勒死；绞死；掐死

• The victim was strangled with a nylon stocking. 受害人被尼龙丝袜勒死。

• The man was strangled in his own bed. 那个人被扼死在自己的床上。

2. 卡住；使窒息

• The collar strangled me. 这衣领卡得我脖子难受。

• The fishbone wedged in his throat and strangled him. 鱼刺哽住了他的喉咙，使他喘不上气来。

3. 抑制，束缚

• UN sanctions were slowly strangling the economy of that country. 联合国的制裁正在渐渐抑制那个国家的经济。

–strangler n C