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- a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and typically used to hang people or trap animals绞索, 套索。
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the noose
death by hanging绞刑。
with obj.
1- put a noose on (someone)给（某人）套上绞索, 处以绞刑：
she was noosed and hooded, then strangled by the executioner.
她被套上绞索和头罩, 随后被刽子手绞死。
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- catch (an animal) with a noose用套索捕捉（动物）。
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- form (a rope) into a noose把（绳）挽成套索。
短语
put one's head in a noose
- bring about one's own downfall自投罗网, 自寻死路。
词源
late Middle English: probably via Old French no（u）s from Latin nodus 'knot'.