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

• My noose setup, among other things.
  其中包括那套活结装置。
• You asked us to say,'We have caught the sniper like a duck in a noose.
  你们希望听到我们说：'我们抓获那个杀手就像抓住绳套里的鸭子一样。'。
• 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。
• State regulation would tighten the noose.
  政府监管更会加重束缚。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• That noose was a pain in the neck.
  这套索要挂脖子上可真痛苦。
• But I don't see why I should put my head in a noose to conceal his affair.
  但我不明白我为什么要自讨苦吃，去帮他隐瞒他的风流韵事。
• 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。