| 釋義 |
stranglevt.
1. kill by stopping respiration,hang 扼殺，絞死。
△ 2H.VI.2.3.8: “And you three shall be strangled on the gallows.”你們?nèi)齻€人要在絞架上被絞死。
2. choke,suppress,extinguish,hinder from appear-ance 掐死，壓制，撲滅，阻止…的出現(xiàn)。
△ H.VIII.5.1.157(156): “He has strangled / His language in his tears.”他用眼淚把自己要說的話強(qiáng)壓下去了。
△Tw.5.1.151 (147):“strangle thy propriety，”i.e.disown your identity.否認(rèn)你自己的身份。
3. stifle,eclipse 使窒息，把…遮暗。
△ 1H.IV.1.2.224(202):“breaking through the foul and ugly mists / Of vapours that did seem to strangle him.”沖破了那些似乎把它扼殺(又譯：把它的光完全遮住)的污穢丑惡的云霧。 strangle[?str??gl]v.關(guān)掉，扼死
‖ stranglehold n.壓制自由，束縛，抑制
strangler n.扼殺者，壓制者 |