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单词 stranglehold
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strangleholdn.

Brit. /ˈstraŋɡlhəʊld/, U.S. /ˈstræŋɡ(ə)lˌ(h)oʊld/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: strangle v., hold n.1
Etymology: < strangle v. + hold n.1 Compare chokehold n.
1. In Wrestling: any of various holds applied to the neck, esp. one in which a person wraps an arm tightly around an opponent's neck from behind, and applies pressure; = chokehold n. 1. Also more generally: a choking grip around the neck of another person.The use of such a hold in wrestling, which is now generally disallowed, was originally associated with the American professional wrestler Evan Lewis (1860–1919).
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chokehold1886
stranglehold1886
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strangler's grip1895
underhold1895
hammer-lock1897
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body slam1899
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armbar1901
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waist-hold1904
neck hold1905
scissors1909
hipe1914
oshi1940
oshi-dashi1940
oshi-taoshi1940
pindown1948
lift1958
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grapevine1968
powerbomb1990
1886 Rocky Mountain News (Denver) 1 Feb. 7/3 Recovering, Lewis got his famous ‘strangle’ hold on his wiry little opponent, and was slowly choking the breath out of his body when the referee compelled him to break his hold.
1939 C. Madge & T. Harrisson Brit. by Mass Observ. (2009) iv. 119 Atherton..is lucky to get Lew's head in an arm lock, he takes him round the ring with it and while his back is to the ref he lowers his arms and it becomes a strangle hold.
1988 Wall St. Jrnl. 24 Feb. 1 [She] graphically illustrates how bureaucrats once controlled the clothing industry by grasping her own neck in a stranglehold.
2002 Guardian 27 June ii. 3/1 There are two strangleholds: the arm choke, applied to the front of the neck, which well-conditioned fighters can resist, and the side choke, applied front and back, which kills you in about 20 seconds.
2. figurative. A stifling, constraining, or controlling influence or power exerted over something.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > entangling or confining > that which
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stranglehold1899
tanglefoot1908
chokehold1911
1899 North Amer. (Philadelphia) 9 Mar. (Second ed.) 4/4 The impression gains ground that our old friend vox populi has a strangle hold on the versatile Mr. Croker.
1930 G. B. Shaw Apple Cart p. x This purely inhibitive check on tyranny has become a stranglehold on genuine democracy.
1989 Elle June 94/2 Puritanism's centuries-long stranglehold on the nation's morals was finally broken for good.
2004 F. Lawrence Not on Label iii. 77 The stranglehold the major supermarkets have acquired over the distribution of food in the last two decades.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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