strangler

noun

1. 扼（或勒、掐）死人者
   a person who kills sb by squeezing their throat tightly

1. VERB 勒死;扼死;绞死;掐死
   To strangle someone means to kill them by squeezing their throat tightly so that they cannot breathe.
   1. 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。
   2. He was almost strangled by his parachute harness straps.
      他差点被自己的降落伞吊带勒死。
2. VERB 抑制;制止;扼杀
   To strangle something means to prevent it from succeeding or developing.
   1. 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。
   2. 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. The murders are reminiscent of the Hillside Strangler case.
   凶手是在重复hillside杀人案的案例。
2. It has a Barbed Strangler and can drop Sporemines.
   “这诉讼为什麽防弹，但是有刺的电线能减少它”？
3. Seasonal variation of water use patterns of strangler fig F. tinctoria in the tropical rainforest in Xishuangbanna, SW China
   西双版纳热带雨林树种斜叶榕F.tinctoria水分利用方式的季节变化
4. The case of the Boston Strangler is one of the most famous crime cases in legal history.
   “波士顿扼杀犯”是法学史上最著名的犯罪案件之一。
5. We were working a strangler case in montana.
   我们在蒙大拿州处理携持杀人案。
6. You think this is another hillside strangler?
   你觉得又是旧戏重演？

noun

1. someone who kills by strangling

   Synonym:    garrotergarrotterthrottlerchoker

2. an epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it eventually strangling the tree

   Synonym:    strangler tree