noose

noun

/nuːs/

词汇	noose
释义	noose noun /nuːs/ /nuːs/ a circle that is tied in one end of a rope, with a knot that allows the circle to get smaller as the other end of the rope is pulled, that can be used to kill somebody by hanging them by the neck绳套；套索；活扣 a hangman’s noose绞索 The noose tightened around her neck.她脖子上的活扣收紧了。 They tied a noose around her neck.他们把绞索系在她脖子上。 (figurative) His debts were a noose around his neck.债务就像套在他脖子上的一条套索。 Collocations Dictionaryadjective hangman’s verb + noose fasten tie pull … noose + verb tighten preposition in a/the noose into a/the noose noose around … 词源late Middle English: probably via Old French no(u)s from Latin nodus ‘knot’.
随便看	annulary annulately annullable annulled annuller annulling annulment annulments annulments annuls annum Annunciation annunciator annus horribilis annus mirabilis an ocean of an ocean of something an ocean of sth anodal anodally a nod and a wink an odd/a queer fish an odd fish an odd queer fish anode