halter

英['hɔːltə(r)] 美['hɔːltər]
  • n. 缰绳;笼头;绞索;露背背心
  • v. 套上缰绳或笼头;限制;绞死
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Noun:
  1. rope or canvas headgear for a horse, with a rope for leading

  2. a rope that is used by a hangman to execute persons who have been condemned to death by hanging

  3. a woman's top that fastens behind the back and neck leaving the back and arms uncovered

  4. either of the rudimentary hind wings of dipterous insects; used for maintaining equilibrium during flight

Verb:
  1. hang with a halter

  2. prevent the progress or free movement of;

    "He was hampered in his efforts by the bad weather"
    "the imperialist nation wanted to strangle the free trade between the two small countries"

1. She was dressed in a halter top and shorts.
她穿着三角背心和短裤。

来自《权威词典》

2. We must lead an ox by the halter.
牵牛要牵牛鼻子.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

3. Name not a halter in his house that hanged himself.
(谚语)房里有人吊死,千万别提绳子.

来自辞典例句

4. Two colored boys walk by , leading a mule by the halter.
两个黑人小伙子牵着一头驴子走过.

来自辞典例句

5. The groom unsnaps the halter.
马夫把缰绳解开.

来自辞典例句

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. Two boys walked by, leading a mule by the halter.
      两个小伙子牵着一头驴子走过。
    2. He put a halter on the horse.
      他给马套上了笼头。
    3. He has made a halter to hang himself.
      自做绞索套自己。
    4. She looks sexy in that halter top.
      她穿着那件露背上衣看起来很性感。