strangle

/ˈstræŋɡəl/

意味: 絞める

例文: June pretended to strangle a pillow.
　　  ジューンは枕を絞めるふりをした。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: strangle hold(絞め技), strangle cry(泣き声を抑える), strangle competition(競争を抑える)

定義: 首を絞めること、または息を止めること。人や動物の首を強く締めて、呼吸をできなくする行為。比喩的に、何かを抑え込んで自由に動けなくすることも意味します。

strangleは約900,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度 - 横向き棒グラフ

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析 レーダーチャート

感情グラフ: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

Definitions(定義)

Verb: kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air
Verb: conceal or hide
Verb: die from strangulation
Verb: prevent the progress or free movement of
Verb: constrict (someone’s) throat and keep from breathing
Verb: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Verb

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

He tried to strangle the attacker in self-defense.(彼は自己防衛で襲撃者を絞めようとした。)
The vine can strangle small plants if left unchecked.(ツルは放置すると小さな植物を締めつける。)
Fear can strangle creativity and free thinking.(恐怖は創造力と自由な思考を抑え込む。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: he tried to strangle his opponent
Verb: A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes
Verb: smother a yawn
Verb: muffle one’s anger
Verb: strangle a yawn
Verb: He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather
Verb: the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries
Verb: he swallowed a fishbone and gagged

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): choke, cramp, gag, halter, hamper, muffle, repress, smother, stifle, strangle, strangulate, suffocate, throttle

Antonyms(反意語):

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): compress, kill, restrict, suffer, suffocate, suppress

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): ail, assassinate, astringe, baffle, bear down, brain, burke, butcher, choke, choke off, clamp down, commit suicide, convulse, decapitate, decimate, destroy, dismember, dispatch, draw, draw the line, drown, electrocute, eliminate, erase, execute, exterminate, gag, gate, hamper, have, hush, impale, inhibit, lynch, mark off, martyr, massacre, murder, neutralize, overlie, poison, prim, put away, reduce, restrain, rule, saber, sacrifice, shed blood, shoot, silence, smother, squelch, starve, stiffen, stifle, stone, strangle, strangulate, take off, tie, tomahawk, wink, zap

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): garrote

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: choking, hamper, smotherer, stifler, stifling, strangler, strangling, strangulation, suffocation, suffocative, throttler, throttling

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞):

Exam Level

英検準1級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Holes

Movies(映画):

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) Yes

Emotion Categories: anger, disgust, fear, negative, sadness, surprise