| 释义 |
garrotte, garotte or (US) garrote /gä-rotˈ or gə-rotˈ/ noun- A length of wire or cord used to strangle someone
- A Spanish mode of putting criminals to death (historical)
- The apparatus for the purpose, orig a string round the throat tightened by twisting a stick, later a brass collar tightened by a screw, whose point enters the spinal marrow
transitive verb (garrottˈing, garottˈing or garrotˈing; garrottˈed, garottˈed or garrotˈed)- To execute by the garrotte
- Suddenly to render unconscious by semi-strangulation in order to rob
ORIGIN: Sp garrot(t)e; cf Fr garrot a stick garrottˈer or garottˈer noun garrottˈing or garottˈing noun |