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 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。
• That noose was a pain in the neck.
  这套索要挂脖子上可真痛苦。
• Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose.
  要注意荣耀必会坠落到只有数英吋的套索。
• State regulation would tighten the noose.
  政府监管更会加重束缚。
• 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's supposed to be headed back with the noose.
  他应该把套索带回去了。
• 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。'。
• 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。
• This time you have really put your head in the noose.
  这次你真是自投罗网了。
• 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。