lasso

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Agriculturelassolas‧so1 /ləˈsuː, ˈlæsəʊ $ -soʊ/ noun (plural lassos or lassoes) [countable] TAa rope with one end tied in a circle, used to catch cattle and horses, especially in the western USExamples from the Corpuslasso• Another time she saw Ralph swinging something on a rope, around and around his head, like a lasso.• She sprinkled a circle about their bed, and tossed him a smile that landed round his neck like a lasso.• By wielding his lasso in the White House, Ickes can help to stop Clinton from wandering off-message.Related topics: Agriculturelassolasso2 verb [transitive] TACATCHto catch an animal using a lasso→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslasso• Their goal is to lasso 1,000 pounds of edibles for the struggling Food Bank.• He even lassoed friend and co-worker Arturo Baez, a skilled front-end loader driver, to come help.• Carl thus became the first and possibly the only man ever to successfully lasso musk ox, polar bears, and walrus.• Once, twice, and then again Mark tried to lasso the thrashing fish, and failed.Origin lasso1 (1700-1800) Spanish Latin laqueus; → LACE1

单词	lasso
释义	lasso From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Agriculturelassolas‧so1 /ləˈsuː, ˈlæsəʊ $ -soʊ/ noun (plural lassos or lassoes) [countable] TAa rope with one end tied in a circle, used to catch cattle and horses, especially in the western USExamples from the Corpuslasso• Another time she saw Ralph swinging something on a rope, around and around his head, like a lasso.• She sprinkled a circle about their bed, and tossed him a smile that landed round his neck like a lasso.• By wielding his lasso in the White House, Ickes can help to stop Clinton from wandering off-message.Related topics: Agriculturelassolasso2 verb [transitive] TACATCHto catch an animal using a lasso→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslasso• Their goal is to lasso 1,000 pounds of edibles for the struggling Food Bank.• He even lassoed friend and co-worker Arturo Baez, a skilled front-end loader driver, to come help.• Carl thus became the first and possibly the only man ever to successfully lasso musk ox, polar bears, and walrus.• Once, twice, and then again Mark tried to lasso the thrashing fish, and failed.Origin lasso1 (1700-1800) Spanish Latin laqueus; → LACE1
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