Noose



GRE Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 绳套, 绞索 ( 刑)
• ［英］ n. 绳套, 绞索 ( 刑) ( a loop formed in a rope)
• ［记］ 和noon ( 中午) 一起记, 中间的""oo""像绳套

Webster Collegiate

I. noun

• Etymology: Middle English nose
• Date: 15th century
• 1. a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn
• 2. something that snares like a noose

II. transitive verb (noosed; noosing)

• Date: 1600
• 1. to secure by a noose
• 2. to make a noose in or of

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