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stran·gle AHD[străngʹgəl] D.J.[ˈstræŋgəl]K.K.[ˈstræŋgəl]v.（动词）stran.gled, stran.gling, stran.gles v.tr.（及物动词）- To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.扼死：掐住喉咙以使…窒息而死；掐死
- To cut off the oxygen supply of; smother.使窒息：断绝…的供氧；闷住
- To suppress, repress, or stifle:压抑：压制、抑制或镇压：strangle a scream.压制尖叫声
- To inhibit the growth or action of; restrict:限制：限制…的生长或行动；控制："That artist is strangled who is forced to deal with human beings solely in social terms"(James Baldwin)“被迫使仅以社会学术语来描绘人的艺术家是受到压制的”(詹姆斯·鲍德温)
v.intr.（不及物动词）- To become strangled.遭到压抑
- To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.窒息而死：因被掐住或扼住喉咙而死；喘不上气而死
- Middle English stranglen 中古英语 stranglen
- from Old French estrangler 源自 古法语 estrangler
- from Latin strangulāre 源自 拉丁语 strangulāre
- from Greek strangalan 源自 希腊语 strangalan
- from strangalē [halter] 源自 strangalē [压抑]
stranʹgler n.（名词） |