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noose
- IPA[no͞os]
美式
- a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and typically used to hang people or trap animals;death by hanging
- put a noose on (someone);catch (an animal) with a noose
verb: noose, 3rd person present: nooses, gerund or present participle: noosing, past tense: noosed, past participle: noosed
noun: noose, plural noun: nooses
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- 片語
名詞
- 1. a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and typically used to hang people or trap animals he began to choke as the noose tightened about his throat a hangman's noose
- ▪ death by hanging he earned a reprieve from the noose
- ▪ a difficult situation regarded as a restraint or bond the West is exploring ways to tighten the economic noose
動詞
- 1. put a noose on (someone) she was noosed and hooded, then strangled by the executioner
- ▪ catch (an animal) with a noose the animal was eventually noosed and sedated by dog handlers
- ▪ form (a rope) into a noose Gomez had noosed a coil of rope around his neck
- bring about one's own downfall
Oxford American Dictionary
- bring about one's own downfall
Oxford Dictionary
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- IPA[nuːs]
英式
- a loop with a running knot, tightening as the rope or wire is pulled and used to trap animals ... he began to choke as the noose tightened about his throat a hangman's noose
- put a noose on (someone): she was noosed and hooded, then strangled by the executioner
Oxford Dictionary