1N-COUNT 绳套;套索;活扣 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. 绳套;套索;活扣
2N-COUNT [usually with supplement]束缚;圈套;陷阱 You can refer to something that traps people in a difficult situation as a noose around their neck. 束缚;圈套;陷阱
The rebels are tightening the noose around the capital.
叛乱分子正在收紧对首都的包围。
Too often women find their jobs turning into nooses around their neck.
ADJECTIVE | VERB + NOOSE | NOOSE + VERB | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤hangman's絞索VERB + NOOSE➤fasten, tie收緊/繫上套索◇They tied a noose around her neck.他們把絞索繫在她脖子上。➤pull, tighten拉套索;勒緊套索▸➤make打活扣NOOSE + VERB➤tighten套索收緊PREPOSITION➤in a/the noose, into a/the noose處在/進入套索裏◇He put his head into the noose.他把頭伸進套索。➤noose around, noose round (especially BrE) 繞着⋯的活扣◇The noose tightened around her neck.她脖子上的活扣收緊了。