strangled adj. 卡住的
v. 抑制;掐死(strangle的过去分词)
- He strangled her with a nylon stocking.
他用尼龙长筒袜勒死了她。 - She strangled before she was taken to hospital.
勒死,扼死;抑制,使窒息,压制 - Secondly, girl babies were often strangled by their parents at birth because of poverty.
二是由于穷困所迫,每当生下女孩,作父母的往往将其勒死。
strangled[ adj ]
held in check with difficulty
<adj.all>
a smothered cougha stifled yawn
a strangled scream
suppressed laughter
Strangle \Stran"gle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Strangled}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Strangling}.] [OF. estrangler, F. ['e]trangler, L.
strangulare, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? a halter; and perhaps akin to E.
string, n. Cf. {Strain}, {String}.]
1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until
death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to
death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a
rope.
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to
strangle herself. --Ayliffe.
2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner.
Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, . . .
And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes? --Shak.
3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
``Strangle such thoughts.'' --Shak.