strangle-hold
美
英语词源
- strangle-hold (n.)
- also stranglehold, 1893, in wrestling, from strangle (v.) + hold (n.). Figurative use by 1901.
权威例句
- 1. He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.
- 他企图勒死一名边防警察并偷走他的枪。
- 2. to strangle sb to death
- 把某人掐死
- 3. The dictator's first step was to strangle the free press.
- 独裁者的第一步是扼杀新闻自由.
- 4. He give a strangle cry and fall to the floor.
- 他发出一声受扼的叫喊,随即倒在地板上.
- 5. When I attended his lecture, I always tried hard to strangle yawns.
- 我上他的课时, 总是竭力地制止自己打呵欠.