stran·gle /ˈstræŋɡəl/ verb [transitiveT]1 KILLBREATHEto kill someone by pressing their throat with your hands, a rope etc 扼死;勒死;絞死 → chokestrangle withThe victim had been strangled with a belt. 受害者是被人用皮帶勒死的。
2 PREVENTto limit or prevent the growth or development of something 限制 [阻止]…的成長[發展];扼殺Mills argues that high taxation strangles the economy. 米爾斯認爲高稅收會阻礙經濟的發展。
—strangler noun [countableC]