noose

英 [nuːs]

美 [nuːs]

n.  绳套; 套索; 活扣
vt.  用套索捉; 使落入圈套; 处以绞刑

复数：nooses　过去分词：noosed　现在分词：noosing　过去式：noosed　第三人称单数：nooses　

GRE

Collins.1 / BNC.22641 / COCA.14639

牛津词典

noun

• 绳套；套索；活扣
  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
  1. a hangman's noose
     绞索
  2. His debts were a noose around his neck.
     债务就像套在他脖子上的一条套索。

柯林斯词典

• 绳套;套索;活扣
  Anooseis a circular loop at the end of a piece of rope or wire. A noose is tied with a knot that allows it to be tightened, and it is usually used to trap animals or hang people.
• N-COUNT 束缚;圈套;陷阱
  You can refer to something that traps people in a difficult situation as anoosearound their neck.
  1. The rebels are tightening the noose around the capital...
     叛乱分子正在收紧对首都的包围。
  2. Too often women find their jobs turning into nooses around their neck.
     女性常常感到工作成了一种束缚。

英英释义

noun

• a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot
  Synonym:running nooseslip noose
• a trap for birds or small mammals
  Synonym:snaregin

verb

• secure with a noose
• make a noose in or of

双语例句

• A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.
  一个绞刑的绳圈已经套在他的脖子上。
• Dexter: the noose is tightening.
  绳子勒得更紧了。
• One morning, in cool blood, I slipped a noose about its neck and hung it to the limb of a tree.
  一天早晨，我残忍地用套索勒住它的脖子，并把它吊在了树枝上。
• Who spits silk dimensions THROUGH THE noose looped by the raft?
  谁吐通过木筏环绞索丝尺寸？
• State regulation would tighten the noose.
  政府监管更会加重束缚。
• Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose.
  要注意荣耀必会坠落到只有数英吋的套索。
• That noose was a pain in the neck.
  这套索要挂脖子上可真痛苦。
• And you're gonna preach your neck right into a hangman's noose.
  现在你正在把你的脖子放进刽子手的绳套里。
• The rebels are tightening the noose around the capital
  叛乱分子正在收紧对首都的包围。
• Too often women find their jobs turning into nooses around their neck.
  女性常常感到工作成了一种束缚。