strangles n. 腺疫
[医] 腺疫, 传染性卡他(幼马呼吸道传染病)
strangles[ noun ]
an acute bacterial disease of horses characterized by inflammation of the mucous membranes
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Strangles \Stran"gles\, n.
A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the
throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.
- "He pulls off the panties and strangles her," says Robert W. Pittman, the president of Quantum Media Inc., which owns the show.
- While by no means the highest crime community in the country, New York is a prime example of a city where crime strangles small-business development.