Noun:
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a trap for birds or small mammals; often has a slip noose
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a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot; it binds tighter as the cord or rope is pulled
Verb:
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make a noose in or of
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secure with a noose
用作名词 (n.)
- They tied a noose round her neck.
他们在她脖子上系了一个活扣。
- His debts were a noose around his neck.
债务就像套索一样套在他的脖子上。
- This time you have really put your head in the noose.
这次你真是自投罗网了。
- But I don't see why I should put my head in a noose to conceal his affair.
但我不明白我为什么要自讨苦吃,去帮他隐瞒他的风流韵事。
用作动词 (v.)
- He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.
然后他割下一截绳子,走到船梢去套住鱼尾巴。
- He's the man that's easy to be noosed.
他是那种很容易上圈套的人。