noose

英 [nuːs]

美 [nuːs]

n. 绳套; 套索; 活扣
vt. 用套索捉; 使落入圈套; 处以绞刑

复数：nooses　过去分词：noosed　现在分词：noosing　过去式：noosed　第三人称单数：nooses　

Collins.1 / BNC.22641 / COCA.14639

牛津词典

noun

绳套;套索;活扣
Anooseis 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.
N-COUNT 束缚;圈套;陷阱
You can refer to something that traps people in a difficult situation as anoosearound their neck.
1. The rebels are tightening the noose around the capital...
  叛乱分子正在收紧对首都的包围。
2. Too often women find their jobs turning into nooses around their neck.
  女性常常感到工作成了一种束缚。

noun

a loop formed in a cord or rope by means of a slipknot
Synonym:running nooseslip noose
a trap for birds or small mammals
Synonym:snaregin

verb

While the otter is going about this task, the rabbit fashions a noose from tree bark.
趁着水獭抓鸭子的工夫，兔子用树皮做了一个绳套。
This time you have really put your head in the noose.
这次你真是自投罗网了。
I want you to stand up there and put your head in that noose.
我要你站上去，然后把头伸到套索里。
Too often women find their jobs turning into nooses around their neck.
女性常常感到工作成了一种束缚。
Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose.
要注意荣耀必会坠落到只有数英吋的套索。
A hangman's noose had already been placed around his neck.
一个绞刑的绳圈已经套在他的脖子上。
You asked us to say,'We have caught the sniper like a duck in a noose.
你们希望听到我们说：'我们抓获那个杀手就像抓住绳套里的鸭子一样。'。
He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.
然后他割下一截绳子，走到船梢去套住鱼尾巴。
But I never did anything intentionally to displease him; I liked the job too well to put a noose around my neck.
不过我从来没有有意做什么事情使他不快，我大喜欢这份工作了，绝不会把绞索往自己脖子上套。
And you're gonna preach your neck right into a hangman's noose.
现在你正在把你的脖子放进刽子手的绳套里。