strangle — Английский словарь

Глагол

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

   Употребление

   • переходный глагол

   Синонимы

   scrag

   Примеры

   She strangled her husband and dissolved the body in acid.

   Другие примеры (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.

   Употребление

   • переходный глагол

3. To stifle or suppress.

   Употребление

   • переходный глагол

   Примеры

   He strangled a scream.

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

   Употребление

   • непереходный глагол

   Примеры

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

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

   Употребление

   • непереходный глагол

   Примеры

   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; […]

Существительное

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.

   Связанные слова

   asphyxiatechokegagquerksuffocatethrottle

Глагол

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

   Синонимы

   strangulatethrottle

   Более общие понятия

   kill

   Примеры

   he tried to strangulate his opponent

   A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes

2. suppress in order to conceal or hide

   Синонимы

   smotherstiflemufflerepress

   Более общие понятия

   inhibitbottle upsuppress

   Примеры

   smother a yawn

   muffle one's anger

   Другие примеры (2)

   strangle a laugh

   repress a cry of fear

3. die from strangulation

   Более общие понятия

   suffocatestifleasphyxiate

4. prevent the progress or free movement of

   Синонимы

   hamperhaltercramp

   Более общие понятия

   restricttrammellimitboundconfinethrottle

   Примеры

   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

   Синонимы

   choke

   Более общие понятия

   compressconstrictsqueezecompactcontractpress

6. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

   Синонимы

   gagchokesuffocate

   Более общие понятия

   sufferhurtache

   Примеры

   he swallowed a fishbone and gagged