strangler

• 指用掐住喉咙的方式杀死他人的人，也指一种附生藤本植物，缠绕寄主树木生长并最终将其杀死。

A noun referring to a person who kills someone by squeezing their throat, or a type of epiphytic vine that grows around a host tree and eventually kills it.

1. Strangling plantC1formal

   An epiphytic vine or tree whose aerial roots extend down the trunk of a supporting tree and coalesce around it, eventually strangling the host tree.

   绞杀植物

   • The strangler fig slowly enveloped the palm tree.
   • In the rainforest, stranglers often kill their host trees.
   • The roots of the strangler vine tightened around the trunk.

   同义词strangler fig

2. Killer by strangulationB2formal

   A person who kills another person by squeezing their throat, preventing breathing.

   扼杀者

   • The police arrested the notorious strangler.
   • The victim was attacked by a strangler in the alley.
   • Detectives are hunting for a serial strangler in the city.

   同义词garroterthrottler