noose

noun

/nuːs/

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单词	noose
释义	noose noun /nuːs/ /nuːs/ jump to other results a circle that is tied in one end of a rope, with a knot that allows the circle to get smaller as the other end of the rope is pulled, that can be used to kill somebody by hanging them by the neck a hangman’s noose The noose tightened around her neck. They tied a noose around her neck. (figurative) His debts were a noose around his neck. Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective hangman’s verb + noose fasten tie pull … noose + verb tighten preposition in a/the noose into a/the noose noose around … See full entry Word Originlate Middle English: probably via Old French no(u)s from Latin nodus ‘knot’.
随便看	irresistible irresistibly irresolute irresolutely irresolution irrespective of irresponsibility irresponsible irresponsibly irretrievable irretrievably irreverence irreverent irreverently irreversible irreversibly irrevocable irrevocably irrigate irrigation irritability irritable irritable bowel syndrome irritable-bowel-syndrome irritably