strangle: [13] Strangle comes via Old French estrangler and Latin strangulāre from Greek straggalān ‘strangle’. This was related to straggós ‘twisted’, and has more distant links with English string and strong – the common semantic denominator being ‘stiffness, tautness’. => string, strong
strangle (v.)
late 13c., from Old French estrangler "choke, suffocate, throttle" (Modern French étrangler), from Latin strangulare "to choke, stifle, check, constrain," from Greek strangalan "to choke, twist," from strangale "a halter, cord, lace," related to strangos "twisted," from PIE root *strenk- "tight, narrow; pull tight, twist" (see string (n.)). Related: Strangled; strangling.
雙語例句
1. He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.
他企圖勒死一名邊防警察并偷走他的槍。
來自柯林斯例句
2. to strangle sb to death
把某人掐死
來自《權威詞典》
3. The dictator's first step was to strangle the free press.
獨裁者的第一步是扼殺新聞自由.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. He give a strangle cry and fall to the floor.
他發出一聲受扼的叫喊,隨即倒在地板上.
來自辭典例句
5. When I attended his lecture, I always tried hard to strangle yawns.