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

• 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。
• State regulation would tighten the noose.
  政府监管更会加重束缚。
• He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.
  然后他割下一截绳子，走到船梢去套住鱼尾巴。
• The rebels are tightening the noose around the capital
  叛乱分子正在收紧对首都的包围。
• 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。
• He's supposed to be headed back with the noose.
  他应该把套索带回去了。
• 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。
• 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。
• Put a noose around somebody's neck
  把绞索套在某人脖子上
• My noose setup, among other things.
  其中包括那套活结装置。