| 释义 |
garrotte/ɡəˈrɒt/ v. & n. (also 亦作 garotte; US [美] garrote)●v. tr. 1 execute or kill by strangulation, esp. with an iron collar or with a length of wire etc. 用铁环(或钢丝)绞死 2 throttle in order to rob 勒杀抢劫 ●n. hist. [史义] 1a a Spanish method of execution by garrotting (源于西班牙的)铁环绞杀刑法 b the apparatus used for this 用于此刑法的刑具 2 highway robbery in which the victim is throttled 拦路勒杀抢劫 [French garrotter or Spanish garrotear from garrote ‘a cudgel’, of unknown origin] |