noose

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Put one's head in a noose.
自套絞索.
He cut the rope then and went astern to noose the tail.
然后他割下一截繩子,走到船梢去套住魚(yú)尾巴.
Sikes made a running noose, and called him again.
賽克斯打了個(gè)一勒就緊的套結(jié), 又叫他一聲.
His debts were a noose around his neck.
債務(wù)就像套在他脖子上的一條套索。
The rebels are tightening the noose around the capital.
叛亂分子正在收緊對(duì)首都的包圍。

one end of a rope tied to form a circle that can be tightened round something such as a person's neck to hang (= kill) them

A noose is a circular loop at the end of a piece of rope or wire. A noose is tied with a knot that allows it to be tightened, and it is usually used to trap animals or hang people.