English Dictionary

strangle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈstɹæŋɡ(ə)l/

動詞

他動詞 自動詞

(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle. / (transitive) To stifle or suppress.

日本語の意味

首を絞めて窒息死させる、すなわち絞め殺す / 窒息させる、息を止めさせる / 感情や反応を抑え込んだり、抑圧する

He said he planned to strangle the witness to silence her, but was arrested before he could act.

彼は証人を絞殺して黙らせるつもりだと言っていたが、行動に移す前に逮捕された。

意味（1）

(transitive) To kill someone by squeezing the throat so as to cut off the oxygen supply; to choke, suffocate or throttle.

He strangled his wife and dissolved the body in acid.

意味（2）

(transitive) To stifle or suppress.

She strangled a scream.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To be killed by strangulation, or become strangled.

The cat slipped from the branch and strangled on its bell-collar.

意味（4）

(intransitive) To be stifled, choked, or suffocated in any manner.

Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, […] And there die strangled ere my Romeo comes?

strangles （ present singular third-person ）

strangling （ participle present ）

strangled （ participle past ）

strangled （ past ）