Strangulation

(noun.) (pathology) constriction of a body part so as to cut off the flow of blood or other fluid; 'strangulation of the intestine'.

(noun.) the condition of having respiration stopped by compression of the air passage.

校对:鲁珀特

• She stopped to pull him down from his chair in an attitude highly favourable to strangulation, and to give him a kiss and a pat or two on the cheek. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.

录入:玛丽