strangle

verb
🔊/ˈstræŋɡl/
🔊/ˈstræŋɡl/
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they strangle
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he / she / it strangles
🔊/ˈstræŋɡlz/
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past simple strangled
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past participle strangled
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-ing form strangling
🔊/ˈstræŋɡlɪŋ/
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  1. strangle somebody to kill somebody by pressing their throat and neck hard, especially with your fingers扼死;勒死;掐死
    • to strangle somebody to death把某人掐死
    • The victim had been strangled with a scarf.受害者被一条围巾勒死了。
    • Whenever he starts going on about football, I could cheerfully strangle him.每当他开始进行足球比赛时,我都会乐于勒死他。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb
    • almost
    • half
    • nearly
    verb + strangle
    • try to
    preposition
    • with
    phrases
    • be found strangled
    • be strangled to death
    • strangle somebody/​something at birth
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  2. strangle something to prevent something from growing or developing抑制;压制;扼杀
    • The current monetary policy is strangling the economy.现行货币政策抑制了经济的发展。🔊🔊
    • ‘Oh, no!’ she cried, strangling a sob.哦,不!
    • This project should have been strangled at birth.这个项目早该被扼杀在摇篮里。
  3. Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē ‘halter’, related to strangos ‘twisted’.