| 单词 | noose |
| 释义 | noose (once / 2133 pages) nv WORD FAMILY noose: noosed, nooses, noosing USAGE EXAMPLESGary Simmons’ installation, “Duck, Duck, Noose” – a hangman’s noose surrounded by Ku Klux Klan hoods placed on wooden chairs – is more nightmarish than ever. Seattle Times(Dec 08, 2016) His dad called from North Carolina to tell him about several nooses that were discovered in Maryland. Washington Post(Dec 07, 2016) But now the baroque complexity of Oesterlund’s finances had become a noose around his neck. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1n a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled Syn|Hypo|Hyper running noose, slip noose clench, clinch a small slip noose made with seizing double clincha clinch with two loops inside clincha clinch with the end of the line inside the loop outside clincha clinch with the end of the line outside the loop loop anything with a round or oval shape (formed by a curve that is closed and does not intersect itself) 2n a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose Syn|Hyper gin, snare trap a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned 3v make a noose in or of Hyper intertwine, loop make a loop in 4v secure with a noose Hyper fasten, fix, secure cause to be firmly attached |
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