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"strangler" in Chinese (Traditional)

掐死者扼殺者

Definition

用掐脖子或扼緊脖子使人窒息而死的人或事物;有時也指某些會纏繞並殺死其他樹木的植物(如絞殺榕)。

Usage Notes (Chinese (Traditional))

最常用於指用掐頸手法殺人的罪犯,常見於新聞或小說中。也可以指會纏繞殺死其他樹木的植物(如絞殺榕)。語境正式且多為嚴肅、負面。

Examples

The police caught the strangler last night.

警方昨晚抓到了那名**掐死者**。

A strangler is very dangerous.

**掐死者**非常危險。

Some plants, like the strangler fig, can kill trees as they grow.

有些植物,如**絞殺者**榕樹,會在生長過程中殺死其他樹木。

The city was terrified by reports of a strangler on the loose.

城市因為有**掐死者**在逃的報導而陷入恐慌。

Some detective stories are about catching a clever strangler.

有些偵探小說講的是抓住聰明的**掐死者**的故事。

Look at that old tree! It's being taken over by a strangler fig.

看那棵老樹!已經被**絞殺者**榕佔據了。