strangle
/ˈstræŋgl/verb
with obj.
1- squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal), especially so as to cause death扼死, 掐死; 勒死, 绞死：
the victim was strangled with a scarf.
那个受害者是被一条围巾勒死的。
1.1
- as adj. strangled sounding as though the speaker's throat is constricted使哽咽, 闷住, 使窒息：
a series of strangled gasps.
一连串憋闷的喘息。
1.2
- suppress (an impulse, action, or sound)抑制, 压制（冲动, 行动, 声音）：
she strangled a sob.
她抑制住啜泣。
1.3
- hamper or hinder the development or activity of妨碍; 阻止, 阻碍：
they allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative.
他们听任官僚作风阻碍创新。
派生词
strangler
noun词源
Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē 'halter', related to strangos 'twisted'.