英语词汇strangle的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

strangle; stranglehold; strangle with my bare hands. Stran- gle, to kill by squeezing the throat to prevent the intake of air— to throttle or choke—is first recorded in the mid-12th century, the word deriving from the Greek strangalan meaning the same. A stranglehold is an illegal hold in the sport of wrestling, this term dating back to the 1890s, while the phrase I’ll strangle him with my bare hands is an angry passionate threat of re- venge. Professional wrestler Strangler Lewis was probably the best-known strangler in U.S. history.

词汇	strangle
词源	strangle; stranglehold; strangle with my bare hands. Stran- gle, to kill by squeezing the throat to prevent the intake of air— to throttle or choke—is first recorded in the mid-12th century, the word deriving from the Greek strangalan meaning the same. A stranglehold is an illegal hold in the sport of wrestling, this term dating back to the 1890s, while the phrase I’ll strangle him with my bare hands is an angry passionate threat of re- venge. Professional wrestler Strangler Lewis was probably the best-known strangler in U.S. history.
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