strangler
n. 扼殺者,壓制者; 阻氣塞門
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...
他企圖勒死一名邊防警察並偷走他的槍。
He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
他差點被自己的降落傘吊帶勒死。
To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.
The country's economic plight is strangling its scientific institutions...
該國的經濟困境阻礙了其科研機構的工作進展。
His creative drive has been strangled by his sense of political guilt.
他的創造慾望已被他的政治負罪感扼殺了。
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.
巨大的勒頸無花果樹根環抱著吳哥窟破碎的塔布籠寺.