Lasso



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 套索 ( 捕捉牛、马用)
• ［英］ n. 套索 ( 捕捉牛、马用) ( a long rope used to catch cattle or wild horses)

Webster Collegiate

I. transitive verb

• Date: 1807
• to capture with or as if with a lasso ; rope
• ? lassoer noun

II. noun (plural lassos or lassoes)

• Etymology: Spanish lazo, from Latin laqueus snare
• Date: 1808
• a rope or long thong of leather with a noose used especially for catching horses and cattle ; lariat

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