strangle vt. 1.扼死,勒死,絞死。 2.悶住,塞住呼吸;(硬領等)扼住(脖子);閉住(呼吸)。 3.壓住;壓制。 strangle a bill 壓住議案。 vi. 1.扼[勒,絞]死。 2.窒息而死。 It is said that he was strangleed to death by gas. 據說他是被煤氣熏死的。 When I attended his lecture, I always tried hard to strangle yawnings. 我上他的課時,總是竭力地制止自己打呵欠。