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

• I found a piece of rope, made a noose, slipped it about the kitten's neck.
  我找来一根绳子，打了个扣，顺手一撸套上了小猫的脖子。
• This time you have really put your head in the noose.
  这次你真是自投罗网了。
• He hanged himself in his cell with a noose of sheets tied to the bars.
  他在牢房里用被单做成索套系在铁条上，上吊自杀。
• I waved my right arm as Launcelot swept in-he recognized my rag-I tore away noose and bandage.
  一见朗斯洛风驰电掣而来，我就把右臂一挥他认出我那块破布了我扯下的绳子和绷带。
• I want you to stand up there and put your head in that noose.
  我要你站上去，然后把头伸到套索里。
• 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。
• That noose was a pain in the neck.
  这套索要挂脖子上可真痛苦。
• Yet elsewhere the economic noose may bring better news.
  但在其它地区，这种经济绞索可能会带来更好的结果。
• State regulation would tighten the noose.
  政府监管更会加重束缚。
• But I never did anything intentionally to displease him; I liked the job too well to put a noose around my neck.
  不过我从来没有有意做什么事情使他不快，我大喜欢这份工作了，绝不会把绞索往自己脖子上套。