单词	noose
释义	noosenoose /nus/ noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYnoose Origin: 1400-1500 Probably from Provençal nous knot, from Latin nodus; ➔ NODE 1 [countable] a circle of rope that becomes tighter as it is pulled, used especially for killing someone by hanging → lasso2[singular] an action that punishes or makes things difficult for a person, country, etc.:  The U.S. tightened the economic noose around the dictatorship.3the noose punishment by hanging:  The outlaws managed to escape the hangman’s noose.
随便看	gentlemanly gentleman's agreement gentleness gentlewoman gently gentrification gentrify gentry genuflect genuflection genuine genuinely genuineness genus Gen X geo- geocentric geochemical cycle geode geodesic geographer geographical geographically geographic information system geographic isolation

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