strangler
n. 扼杀者,压制者; 阻气塞门
To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun...
他企图勒死一名边防警察并偷走他的枪。
He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。
To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.
The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions...
该国的经济困境阻碍了其科研机构的工作进展。
His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.
他的创造欲望已被他的政治负罪感扼杀了。
1. an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree
2. someone who kills by strangling
Giant strangler fig tree roots embrace the crumbling Ta Prohm temple at Angkor.
巨大的勒颈无花果树根环抱着吴哥窟破碎的塔布笼寺.