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单词 garotte
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
ga•rotte  (gə rot, -rōt),USA pronunciation n., v.t., -rot•ted, -rot•ting. 
  1. garrote.
ga•rotter, n. 

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
gar•rote  or ga•rotte /gəˈrɑt/USA pronunciation   n., v., -rot•ed, -rot•ing or -rot•ted, -rot•ting. 
n. 
  1. [uncountable] a method of capital punishment in which an iron collar is tightened around a person's neck until death occurs.
  2. [countable] a wire with a handle at each end, used for strangling a victim.

v. [+ object]
  1. to execute by the garrote.
  2. to kill or strangle with a garrote.
gar•rot•er, n. [countable]

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gar•rote  (gə rōt, -rot),USA pronunciation n., v., -rot•ed, -rot•ing. 
n. 
  1. a method of capital punishment of Spanish origin in which an iron collar is tightened around a condemned person's neck until death occurs by strangulation or by injury to the spinal column at the base of the brain.
  2. the collarlike instrument used for this method of execution.
  3. strangulation or throttling, esp. in the course of a robbery.
  4. an instrument, usually a cord or wire with handles attached at the ends, used for strangling a victim.

v.t. 
  1. to execute by the garrote.
  2. to strangle or throttle, esp. in the course of a robbery.
Also, garote, garotte, garrotte. 
  • ?
  • Spanish garrote or French garrot packing-stick
  • 1615–25
gar•roter, n. 

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
gar•rotte  (gə rot, -rōt),USA pronunciation n., v.t., -rot•ted, -rot•ting. 
  1. garrote.
gar•rotter, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
garrotte, garrote, garotte /ɡəˈrɒt/ n
  1. a Spanish method of execution by strangulation or by breaking the neck
  2. the device, usually an iron collar, used in such executions
  3. obsolete strangulation of one's victim while committing robbery
vb (transitive)
  1. to execute by means of the garrotte
  2. to strangle, esp in order to commit robbery
Etymology: 17th Century: from Spanish garrote, perhaps from Old French garrot cudgel; of obscure origin

garˈrotter, garˈroter, gaˈrotter n
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