单词 | strangled |
释义 | strangledadj. In senses of the verb. 1. a. literal. †Also absol. (= what is strangled) literal rendering of Acts xv. 20. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [adjective] > strangling or strangled strangledc1384 chokelewa1420 choked1499 worried1559 stifled1562 throttling1566 strangling1606 strangulative1648 throttled1677 frummagemed1699 bowstrung1821 c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Deeds xv. 20 That thei absteyne hem fro..stranglid thingis [1534 Tyndale from stranglyd; L. a suffocatis; Gk. ἀπὸ τοῦ πνικτοῦ]. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 170 Staring full gastly, like a strangled man. View more context for this quotation 1618 J. Sprint Cassander Anglicanus 17 When the Apostles decreed the abstaining from blood and strangled. 1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc iii. 65 Richemont..down the Loire Sends the black carcass of his strangled foe. 1829 Ann. Reg. 1828 Law Cases 375/1 The blood in a strangled or suffocated person rises to the head, and gives the face a livid appearance. b. Pathology. = strangulated adj. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [adjective] > constriction strangulated1771 incarcerated1783 strictured1801 strangled1846 strictural1883 stenosed1897 stenotic1897 stenosing1903 1846 F. Brittan tr. J. F. Malgaigne Man. Operative Surg. 423 When the strangled portion [of a hernial tumour], which formed a sort of plug, is returned, the rest follows easily. 1899 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. VIII. 897 The skin of the strangled portion [of the little toe] is not materially altered in appearance. 2. a. transferred and figurative. Suppressed, prevented from growing or developing. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] > restricted in free action coarctc1420 shackledc1440 coarcteda1500 haltered?1510 catesnd1566 straited1581 immurate1593 chained1613 hampered1633 muzzled1647 throttled1677 tethereda1680 fetlocked1725 strangled1813 trammelled1813 spancelled1835 iron-bound1850 cabined1853 manacled1861 vaulted1863 tied1876 strait-jacketed1894 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > restricted or limited > in free action coarctc1420 shackledc1440 coarcteda1500 haltered?1510 catesnd1566 straited1581 chained1613 hampered1633 muzzled1647 tethereda1680 fetlocked1725 strangled1813 trammelled1813 spancelled1835 iron-bound1850 cabined1853 manacled1861 vaulted1863 tied1876 strait-jacketed1894 1813 S. T. Coleridge Remorse v. i. 62 How the half sounds Blend with this strangled light! 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 95 A strangled titter, out of which outbrake On all sides,..Unmeasured mirth. 1854 Ld. Lytton in Lady B. Balfour Lett. (1906) I. 58 Each step forward..would have to be trodden over some relinquished dream, or some strangled instinct. 1898 G. Meredith Napoleon in Odes French Hist. vi Her strangled thought got breath. b. Of a voice [after French voix étranglée] : Choked with emotion, uttered with difficulty. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > quality of voice > [adjective] > choking strangled1900 1900 L. B. Walford One of Ourselves xiv ‘Come home this minute,’ she said, in a cold, strangled voice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.c1384 |
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