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strangle

VI ฆ่า โดย การบีบ คอ  รัด คอ  บีบ คอ  choke throttle ka-doi-kan-bib-kor

 

strangle

VT ฆ่า โดย การบีบ คอ  รัด คอ  บีบ คอ  choke throttle ka-doi-kan-bib-kor

 

strangle

VT บีบบังคับ  บีบคั้น  inhibit restrain suppress bib-bang-kab

 

strangler

N ผู้ ที่ ฆ่า โดย การบีบ คอ  garroter phu-ti-ka-duai-kan-bib-kor

 

strangles

N โรคติดต่อ ใน ม้า ที่ ทำให้เกิด การ อักเสบ เป็นหนอง ที่ เยื่อ บุ เมือก 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

STRANGLE

v.t.[L.] 1. To choke; to suffocate; to destroy life by stopping respiration.
Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself.
2. To suppress; to hinder from birth or appearance.

 

STRANGLED

pp. Choked; suffocated; suppressed.

 

STRANGLER

n.One who strangles.

 

STRANGLES

n.Swellings in a horses throat.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

STRANGLE

Stran "gle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Strangled; p. pr. & vb. n.Strangling. ] Etym: [OF. estrangler, F. étrangler, L. strangulare, Gr. string, n. Cf. Strain, String. ]

 

1. To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal ) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as with the hand or a rope. Our Saxon ancestors compelled the adulteress to strangle herself. Ayliffe.

 

2. To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner. Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, ... And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes Shak.

 

3. To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress. "Strangle such thoughts." Shak.

 

STRANGLE

STRANGLE Stran "gle, v. i.

 

Defn: To be strangled, or suffocated.

 

STRANGLEABLE

STRANGLEABLE Stran "gle *a *ble, a.

 

Defn: Capable of being strangled. [R.] Chesterfield.

 

STRANGLE HOLD

STRANGLE HOLD Stran "gle hold.

 

Defn: In wrestling, a hold by which one's opponent is choked. It is usually not allowed.

 

STRANGLER

STRANGLER Stran "gler, n.

 

Defn: One who, or that which, strangles. "The very strangler of their amity. " Shak.

 

STRANGLES

STRANGLES Stran "gles, n.

 

Defn: A disease in horses and swine, in which the upper part of the throat, or groups of lymphatic glands elsewhere, swells.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

strangle

stran gle |ˈstraNGgəl ˈstræŋɡəl | verb [ with obj. ] squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal ), esp. so as to cause death: the victim was strangled with a scarf. (as adj. strangled ) sounding as though the speaker's throat is constricted: a series of strangled gasps. suppress (an impulse, action, or sound ): she strangled a sob. hamper or hinder the development or activity of: overrestrictive policies that strangle growth. DERIVATIVES stran gler |ˈstraNGg (ə )lər |noun ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē halter, related to strangos twisted.

 

stranglehold

stran gle hold |ˈstraNGgəlˌhōld ˈstræŋɡəlˌhoʊld | noun [ in sing. ] a grip around the neck of another person that can kill by asphyxiation if held for long enough. complete or overwhelming control: he broke the union that held a stranglehold on bus service.

 

strangles

stran gles |ˈstraNGgəlz ˈstræŋɡəlz | plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract of horses, causing enlargement of the lymph nodes in the throat, which may impair breathing. [This disease is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi. ] ORIGIN early 17th cent.: plural of obsolete strangle strangulation, from strangle .

 

Oxford Dictionary

strangle

stran ¦gle |ˈstraŋg (ə )l | verb [ with obj. ] squeeze or constrict the neck of (a person or animal ), especially so as to cause death: the victim was strangled with a scarf. (as adj. strangled ) sounding as though the utterer's throat is constricted: a series of strangled gasps. suppress (an impulse, action, or sound ): she strangled a sob. hamper or hinder the development or activity of: they allowed bureaucracy to strangle initiative. DERIVATIVES strangler noun ORIGIN Middle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē halter , related to strangos twisted .

 

stranglehold

strangle |hold |ˈstraŋg (ə )lhəʊld | noun [ in sing. ] a grip around the neck of another person that can kill by asphyxiation if held for long enough. complete or overwhelming control: in France, supermarkets have less of a stranglehold on food supplies.

 

strangles

stran ¦gles |ˈstraŋg (ə )lz | plural noun [ usu. treated as sing. ] a bacterial infection of the upper respiratory tract of horses, causing enlargement of the lymph nodes in the throat, which may impair breathing. This disease is caused by the bacterium Streptococcus equi. ORIGIN early 17th cent.: plural of obsolete strangle strangulation , from strangle .

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

strangle

strangle verb 1 the victim was strangled with a scarf: throttle, choke, garrote; informal strangulate. 2 she strangled a sob: suppress, smother, stifle, repress, restrain, fight back, choke back. 3 bureaucracy is strangling commercial activity: hamper, hinder, impede, restrict, inhibit, curb, check, constrain, squash, crush, suppress, repress.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

strangle

strangle verb 1 the victim was strangled with a scarf: throttle, choke, garrotte; asphyxiate, stifle; informal strangulate. 2 she strangled a sob: suppress, smother, stifle, repress, restrain, hold back, hold in, fight back, bite back, gulp back, swallow, choke back, check. ANTONYMS let out. 3 too much security is strangling commercial activity in the town: hamper, hinder, impede, restrict, interfere with, inhibit, hold back, curb, check, restrain, constrain; prevent, put an end /stop to, stop, quash, squash, stamp out, destroy, crush, extinguish, deaden, damp down, subdue, suppress, repress; silence, muffle, mute, gag. ANTONYMS encourage, promote.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

strangle

stran gle /strǽŋɡ (ə )l /動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 小動物など 〉を (手 ロープなどで )絞殺する, 窒息させる .2 成長 発展 競争など 〉の障害 [妨げ ]になる, …を抑圧する .3 〈物 事が 〉〈周囲 組織など 〉を圧迫する, 締めつける .4 〈笑いなど 〉をこらえる .自動詞 息が詰まる, 窒息する .str n gler 名詞 C 紋殺魔 .

 

strangled

str n gled 形容詞 (叫び声などが )押し殺した, のどの詰まったような, くぐもった, 抑えた .

 

stranglehold

str ngle h ld 名詞 C 〖通例単数形で 〗1 状況 組織などに対する 】完全な支配, 締めつけ «on » have a stranglehold on A Aを締めつけている, 支配している break the stranglehold of A Aの締めつけを解く 2 首を締めること ; レスリング のど輪 〘反則とされる 〙.