1. 繩套;套索;活扣 A noose is a circular loop at the end of a piece of rope or wire. A noose is tied with a knot that allows it to be tightened, and it is usually used to trap animals or hang people.
noose什么意思
2. 束縛;圈套;陷阱 You can refer to something that traps people in a difficult situation as a noose around their neck.
e.g. The rebels are tightening the noose around the capital... 叛亂分子正在收緊對首都的包圍。 e.g. Too often women find their jobs turning into nooses around their neck. 女性常常感到工作成了一種束縛。
noose英英釋義
noose的近義詞
noun
1. a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
Synonym: running nooseslip noose
2. a trap for birds or small mammals often has a slip noose