出处：按学科分类—语言、文字 辽宁人民出版社《英汉辞典》第844页（249字）
【释义】：
n．活结，套索，绞索：The nooses which the reactionaries have put around their necks are getting tighter and tighter．反动派套在自己脖子上的绞索越来越紧了．have the noose round the neck肯定要被处死．
－vt．①用套索套．②在绳索上打套．③诱入圈套．④处绞刑，绞死．