strangle
verb- strangle somebody
to kill somebody by pressing their throat and neck hard, especially with your fingers 扼死；勒死；掐死 to strangle somebody to death 把某人掐死 The victim had been strangled with a scarf. 受害者是被围巾勒死的。 Whenever he starts going on about football, I could cheerfully strangle him. 每当他开始谈论足球时，我都可以兴高采烈地掐死他。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- almost
- half
- nearly
- …
- try to
- with
- be found strangled
- be strangled to death
- strangle somebody/something at birth
- …
- strangle something
to prevent something from growing or developing 抑制；压制；扼杀
Word OriginMiddle English: shortening of Old French estrangler, from Latin strangulare, from Greek strangalan, from strangalē ‘halter’, related to strangos ‘twisted’.