strangulation

英 [ˌstræŋɡjuˈleɪʃn]

美 [ˌstræŋɡjuˈleɪʃn]

n.  扼死; 勒死; 掐死; 抑制; 压制; 扼杀

GRE医学

BNC.26850 / COCA.22171

牛津词典

noun

• 扼死；勒死；掐死
  the act of killing sb by squeezing their throat tightly; the state of being killed in this way
  1. to die of slow strangulation
     被缓慢勒死
• 抑制；压制；扼杀
  the act of preventing sth from growing or developing
  1. the strangulation of the human spirit
     对人的精神压制

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 勒死;扼死;绞死;掐死
  Strangulationis the act of killing someone by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
  1. He is charged with the strangulation of two students.
     他被指控勒死了两名学生。

英英释义

noun

• the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe
  1. no evidence that the choking was done by the accused
  Synonym:chokingstranglingthrottling
• (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid
  1. strangulation of the intestine
• the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage

双语例句

• An instrument for execution by strangulation.
  通过勒杀执行死刑的装置。
• Bruises on the neck suggest strangulation.
  颈部的淤痕显示是被勒死的。
• He is charged with the strangulation of two students.
  他被指控勒死了两名学生。
• Also remember that babies like to put small parts in their mouth and risk strangulation any time.
  并且记得，婴孩喜欢任何时侯投入小零件在他们的嘴和风险勒杀。
• The post-mortem showed that the boy had died from strangulation.
  尸检表明这男孩是被勒死的。
• It is not regime change. It is not a policy of economic strangulation.
  外界并未寻求政权更迭，也不是经济上的钳制政策。
• All this is because of the strangulation?
  这一切是卡脖子造成的？
• Mr Mbeki will argue that economic strangulation would hurt the hapless Zimbabwean masses more than the pampered elite around Mr Mugabe.
  姆贝基先生会争论说，经济制裁对可怜的津巴布韦人民造成的伤害，要远大于给穆加贝先生周围那些脑满肥肠的精英们带来的伤害。
• Moreover, Mr Kim would be forced to choose between reform and the slow strangulation of his state.
  此外，金正日将被迫在施行改革和他的国家被缓慢扼杀之间做出选择。
• An additional hazard exists when the Roman blind has a continuous looped bead chain that if not attached to the wall or floor, which poses a strangulation hazard to children.
  存在的另一个危险是，如果当罗马帘的一根连续循环的珠链没有固定在墙上或地板上时，会对幼儿造成勒死的危险。