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stranglevt. 1. kill by stopping respiration,hang 扼杀,绞死。 △ 2H.VI.2.3.8: “And you three shall be strangled on the gallows.”你们三个人要在绞架上被绞死。 2. choke,suppress,extinguish,hinder from appear-ance 掐死,压制,扑灭,阻止…的出现。 △ H.VIII.5.1.157(156): “He has strangled / His language in his tears.”他用眼泪把自己要说的话强压下去了。 △Tw.5.1.151 (147):“strangle thy propriety,”i.e.disown your identity.否认你自己的身份。 3. stifle,eclipse 使窒息,把…遮暗。 △ 1H.IV.1.2.224(202):“breaking through the foul and ugly mists / Of vapours that did seem to strangle him.”冲破了那些似乎把它扼杀(又译:把它的光完全遮住)的污秽丑恶的云雾。 strangle[ˈstræŋgl]v.关掉,扼死 ‖ stranglehold n.压制自由,束缚,抑制 strangler n.扼杀者,压制者 |