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strangle/ˈstræŋɡ(ə)l/v. tr. 1 squeeze the windpipe or neck of, esp. so as to kill (尤指意欲致死地)扼住(气管或脖子) 2 hamper or suppress (a movement, impulse, cry, etc.) 抑制，压制(活动、冲动、喊叫等) □ strangler n.[Middle English via Old French estrangler and Latin strangulare from Greek straggalaō, from straggalē ‘halter’: cf. straggos ‘twisted’] |