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noosenU:sn [C]one end of a rope tied to form a circle which can be tightened round something such as a person's neck to HANG (= kill) them绞索，绳套They put the man on the back of a horse, ran a rope over the branch of a stout tree, looped the noose around his neck and jerked the horse away.他们把那人放在马背上，将绳绕过一棵大树的树枝，把绳套套在他颈上，然后再驱动马匹。He hanged himself in his cell with a noose of sheets tied to the bars.他在牢房里用被单做成索套系在铁条上，上吊自杀。(fig.) The noose (= problem) of poverty was tightening daily.贫穷日益加剧。He felt the company had a noose around its neck (= had big problems).他感到公司大难临头。
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