strangle — 英語辞典

動詞

1. To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply.

   用法

   • 他動詞

   同義語

   scrag

   例文

   She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.

   その他の例文 (1)

   And his subjects wrung all they could wring / Out of temple and palace and store. / But when there seemed no more to bring, / His captors convicted the king / Of once having started a war, / And strangled the wretch with a string.

2. To choke, suffocate or throttle, whether the victim survives or not.

   用法

   • 他動詞

3. To stifle or suppress.

   用法

   • 他動詞

   例文

   He strangled a scream.

4. To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.

   用法

   • 自動詞

   例文

   The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.

5. To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.

   用法

   • 自動詞

   例文

   Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, / […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?

   Her, vvhom his furie hath from earth exil'd, / And in the ſtrangling vvaters drencht his child; […]

名詞

1. A trading strategy using options, constructed through taking equal positions in a put and a call with different strike prices, such that there is a payoff if the underlying asset's value moves beyond the range of the two strike prices.

   関連語

   asphyxiatechokegagquerksuffocatethrottle

動詞

1. kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air

   同義語

   strangulatethrottle

   上位語

   kill

   例文

   he tried to strangulate his opponent

   A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes

2. suppress in order to conceal or hide

   同義語

   smotherstiflemufflerepress

   上位語

   inhibitbottle upsuppress

   例文

   smother a yawn

   muffle one's anger

   その他の例文 (2)

   strangle a laugh

   repress a cry of fear

3. die from strangulation

   上位語

   suffocatestifleasphyxiate

4. prevent the progress or free movement of

   同義語

   hamperhaltercramp

   上位語

   restricttrammellimitboundconfinethrottle

   例文

   He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather

   the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries

5. constrict (someone's) throat and keep from breathing

   同義語

   choke

   上位語

   compressconstrictsqueezecompactcontractpress

6. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

   同義語

   gagchokesuffocate

   上位語

   sufferhurtache

   例文

   he swallowed a fishbone and gagged