stran·gle /ˈstræŋɡəl/ verb [transitiveT] 1 KILLBREATHEto kill someone by pressing their throat with your hands, a rope etc 扼死;勒死;绞死 → chokestrangle with The victim had been strangled with a belt. 受害者是被人用皮带勒死的。
2 PREVENTto limit or prevent the growth or development of something 限制 [阻止]…的成长[发展];扼杀 Mills argues that high taxation strangles the economy. 米尔斯认为高税收会阻碍经济的发展。
—strangler noun [countableC]