strangulation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of strangling or the state of being strangled. countable,uncountable
    — Road congestion in the Manchester and Liverpool areas has already reached strangulation point and it is regarded as impossible for the roads to handle this displaced traffic; buses already take up to three times as long as the trains to cover the same distance.
  2. The constriction of the air passage or other body part that cuts off the flow of a fluid. countable,uncountable

词形变化

strangulations plural

词汇关系

相关词
strangle strangulate

词源

From Latin strangulatio (“choking, suffocation”), from strangulare (“to choke, suffocate”); see strangle.
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