柯林斯詞典noose /nu?s/ (nooses) 1. N-COUNT A noose is a circular loop at the end of a piece of rope or wire. A noose is tied with a knot that allows it to be tightened, and it is usually used to trap animals or hang people. 套索; 絞索 ...a horrifying videotape of a man swinging from a noose. …一磐一名男子吊在絞索上的恐怖錄像帶。 返回 noose劍橋詞典[ 可數(shù)名詞:有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] one end of a rope tied to form a circle that can be tightened round something such as a person's neck to hang (= kill ) them 絞索,繩套 They put him on the back of a horse and looped a noose around his neck . 他們把他放在馬背上,竝用繩索套住他的脖子。 [ 單數(shù)名詞 ] a serious problem or limit 問題;束縛,羈絆 The noose of poverty was tightening (= becoming more serious ) daily . 貧睏問題日益加劇。 返回 noose