strangulate
/ˈstræŋgjʊleɪt/verb
with obj. ［often as adj. strangulated］
1
- Medicine prevent circulation of the blood supply through (a part of the body, especially a hernia) by constriction【医】绞窄（身体某部位, 尤其是疝）：
a strangulated hernia.
绞窄性疝。
2
- informal strangle; throttle〈非正式〉勒死; 绞死, 扼杀：
the poor woman died strangulated.
那个可怜的女人是被扼死的。
2.1
- as adj. strangulated sounding as though the speaker's throat is constricted使哽咽, 闷住：
a strangulated cry.
哽咽。
词源
mid 17th cent. （in the sense 'suffocate'）： from Latin strangulat- 'choked', from the verb strangulare （see STRANGLE）.