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单词 lasso
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lasso

(læsuː, US læsoʊ)
Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular presenttense lassoes, present participle lassoing, past tense, past participle lassoed
1. countable noun
A lasso is a long rope with a loop at one end, used especially by cowboys for catching cattle.
2. verb
If you lasso an animal, you catch it by throwing a lasso round its neck and pulling it tight.
Cowboys drove covered wagons and rode horses, lassoing cattle. [VERB noun]

lasso in British English

(læˈsuː, ˈlæsəʊ)
nounWord forms: plural -sos or -soes
1. 
a long rope or thong with a running noose at one end, used (esp in America) for roping horses, cattle, etc; lariat
verbWord forms: -sos, -soes, -soing or -soed
2. (transitive)
to catch with or as if with a lasso
Derived forms
lassoer (lasˈsoer)
noun
Word origin
C19: from Spanish lazo, ultimately from Latin laqueus noose

lasso in American English

(ˈlæsoʊ; ˈlæsu; for v., also læˈsoʊ; læˈsu)
US
nounWord forms: plural ˈlassos or ˈlassoes
1. 
a long rope or leather thong with a sliding noose at one end, used to catch cattle or wild horses
verb transitiveWord forms: ˈlassoed or ˈlassoing
2. 
to catch with or as with a lasso
Derived forms
lassoer (ˈlassoer)
noun
Word origin
Sp lazo < L laqueus, noose, snare: see lace

Examples of 'lasso' in a sentence
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Or use them to lasso a baddie.
The Sun (2011)
He rides with cowboys and tries rounding up cattle with a lasso.
The Sun (2009)
He also needs to be pretty handy with a lasso.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Then meet the tribe's reindeer and try to lasso them.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Out back, five young horsebreakers have lassoed a wild stallion into a makeshift corral.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Learn polo on a remote estancia in Argentina and go cattle lassoing with the gauchos.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
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