strangle

• vt.首を絞める；窒息させる
• vi. 窒息させる；首を絞める

ラテン語のstrangulareから、窒息させる、縛る、拘束する、PIE*strenkから、締め付ける、狭める、緊張させる、ねじる、語源的にはstrain、stress、strictと同じ。

strangle

strangle: [13] Strangle comes via Old French estrangler and Latin strangulāre from Greek straggalān ‘strangle’. This was related to straggós ‘twisted’, and has more distant links with English string and strong – the common semantic denominator being ‘stiffness, tautness’.
=> string, strong

strangle (v.)

late 13c., from Old French estrangler "choke, suffocate, throttle" (Modern French étrangler), from Latin strangulare "to choke, stifle, check, constrain," from Greek strangalan "to choke, twist," from strangale "a halter, cord, lace," related to strangos "twisted," from PIE root *strenk- "tight, narrow; pull tight, twist" (see string (n.)). Related: Strangled; strangling.

1. He tried to strangle a border policeman and steal his gun.

彼は国境警備警察官を絞め殺して銃を盗もうとした。

2.to strangle sb to death

誰かを絞め殺す

3.

4.He give a strangle cry and fall to the floor.

彼はチョークを受けた叫び声を出して床に倒れた。

5.When I attended his lecture，I always tried hard to strangle yawns.

私は彼の授業中、自分のあくびを止めるために全力を尽くした。