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 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。
• 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。
• Who spits silk dimensions THROUGH THE noose looped by the raft?
  谁吐通过木筏环绞索丝尺寸？
• 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。
• As the prisoner fell, the noose would snap his neck.
  在犯人往下掉的时候，绞索圈套就会突然勒紧他的脖子。
• He's supposed to be headed back with the noose.
  他应该把套索带回去了。
• My noose setup, among other things.
  其中包括那套活结装置。
• 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。
• Put a noose around somebody's neck
  把绞索套在某人脖子上
• A trap for birds or small mammals; often has a noose.
  捕捉鸟类或小哺乳动物的捕捉机；通常有一个套索。