| 单词 | strangler |
| 例句 | He secreted the strangler seeds in one of them, threw open his door, and called, "Pylos? Where are you?" A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Varys had not managed to come up with any sheeplovers, but he did find a eunuch strangler and a pair of foul-smelling Ibbenese who were as fond of axes as they were of each other. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z They came to drier soil with strangler figs splitting the rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z In the Citadel, it was simply called the strangler. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z In the middle of the day she tied up to an immense strangler fig and clambered over it to reach land. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z “That is perhaps the most childishly obvious remark I have ever come across, but what can you expect from a strangler. Why won’t my arms move?” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Eric Garner’s “I can’t breathe” is Black America channeling the terror of murder by cop, recorded on video, murder having been committed, and a white jury freeing the cop strangler from any responsibility. Black America is so very tired of explaining and debating 2015-06-08T04:00:00Z Don’t miss Alfred Hitchcock’s penultimate film, “Frenzy,” about a deceptively cheerful serial strangler and the sulkier bloke the police mistakenly suspect. In Transit Blog: In Paris, Celebrating London on the Big Screen 2011-12-07T11:00:53Z Angelina Jolie’s dad has become the kind of hardline conservative who angrily goes around calling people “Marxists” and “socialists” as if the words are synonymous with “puppy kicker” and “kitten strangler.” 15 wingnut celebrities who are all in for Donald Trump 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z What counts for land there yields apples that taste like turpentine, and strangler figs that compete so fiercely for light under the forest canopy they sometimes subsume the host tree their branches embrace. Pursuits: ‘Walking the Water’ in the Everglades 2013-08-09T19:47:13Z Bit by bit, the strangler's niece Charlie – who has always doted on her uncle – starts to suspect him. Alfred Hitchcock: from silent film director to inventor of modern horror 2012-06-15T21:55:07Z They saved that one for series six, after the utterly rubbish "Fairview strangler" plot led to a vast, collective shrug. Desperate Housewives: getting desperate 2011-08-08T10:24:45Z I will understand that a “vigorous” tomato plant or heirloom squash vine, or even “trailing” nasturtium, may be code for “growth habit similar to strangler fig.” Resolved: No more bad garden habits 2015-03-03T05:00:00Z Enormous matapalo strangler fig trees loomed over its central plaza, their leaves diffusing the sunlight as it fell on dozens of stone buildings, many of which had toppled into heaps. The Hidden Route to Machu Picchu 2011-06-24T19:06:22Z They meet when an Ellison housemaid becomes the latest victim of a serial strangler. Anne Perry, crime novelist with her own murder record, dies at 84 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z From then on, it was like watching a strangler tighten his grip. Perspective | By catching lightning in a ‘Bobble,’ the 49ers send the Cowboys home 2023-01-22T05:00:00Z Residents referred to him as “the strangler” because of his “penchant for choking residents during restraints,” according to the lawsuit. Lawsuits target WA group home, ‘juvenile Alcatraz’ for troubled boys 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Often, Dr. Sanz said, interactions occurred after a band of chimps located an exciting meal, such as a fruiting strangler fig or kapok. Primate Pals: When Chimps and Gorillas Form Rainforest Friendships 2022-10-11T04:00:00Z It includes a rare parasitic fungus nicknamed the strangler, due to its ability to take over other fungi. New fungi species unearthed in Cairngorms mountains 2022-07-13T04:00:00Z “A Sudden, Fearful Death” in 1994 examines violence against women as a strangler targets female nurses. Anne Perry, crime novelist with her own murder record, dies at 84 2023-04-13T04:00:00Z Doubts about the case lingered for more than 40 years as legal experts and writers insisted that Mr. DeSalvo was not the strangler. F. Lee Bailey, Lawyer for Patty Hearst and O.J. Simpson, Dies at 87 2021-06-03T04:00:00Z A girl thinks her visiting uncle is the strangler dubbed the Merry Widow Murderer. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Nov. 22, 2020 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z “People in the village call me Hasan the strangler now,” he said. Creating a buzz: Turkish beekeepers risk life and limb to make mad honey 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z A police detective and a newswoman hunt a rainy-day strangler dubbed the Judge. Movies on TV this week: Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z This story of a strangler attacking women across Los Angeles is told, like so many crime novels, through a man’s perspective. The 20 essential L.A. crime books 2019-10-17T04:00:00Z Stereotypical college students are stalked on campus by a slasher/strangler. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 21 - 27, 2019 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z But it is the trees that are most striking, not least the towering strangler figs with trunks like church buttresses. Head in the clouds: the woman scaling fresh climate change heights 2018-12-16T05:00:00Z Or the tale of cacao beans picked in the fall from trees that grow wild around the village of Carmen del Emero and which are composted in an undergrowth of strangler figs and jaguar droppings. It’s Dinnertime in the Amazon. Look What’s on the Chef’s Menu. 2018-11-04T04:00:00Z “It was my job to deal with the number of psychiatrists who called us to say, ‘I have the strangler in my practice,’ ” Mr. Chayet told The Eagle-Tribune, a Massachusetts newspaper, in 2013. Neil Chayet, Host of ‘Looking at the Law’ on Radio, Dies at 78 2017-08-15T04:00:00Z Scientists examined the prevalence of strangler figs in Lamington National Park, Australia, after a cyclone that felled hundreds of trees. Being strangled may save this tree’s life 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z A half-century later, the strangler saga continues to fascinate. A half-century later, questions cloud Boston Strangler case 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z She had a special animus for English ivy, that invasive strangler of native trees. Sarah Reichard, beloved for her brilliance, directed UW Botanic Gardens 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z He would sometimes lie beneath a huge strangler fig and record its visitors, returning repeatedly for several days. Love the Fig 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z “Let us completely remove the American empire, which is the most flagrant strangler of justice and peace, and the biggest source of danger of nuclear war, from this earth.” Inside China: Beijing may join Russia in war against Islamic State 2016-01-13T05:00:00Z Finally, the stranglers’ scaffoldlike root networks may help support and strengthen the tree trunks they encircle in their deadly embrace. Being strangled may save this tree’s life 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The strangler fig grows around palm trees, he said, and ultimately kills the palm. EXCHANGE: Artist in residence helps students understand art 2015-06-21T04:00:00Z "Deadly nightshade - a favourite poison in medieval times - is another potential strangler," he explains. Game of Thrones: Finding fact within the fantasy 2015-03-28T04:00:00Z “In reality, it’s more like one of those Amazonian strangler figs where the roots are all tangled and crossing back across each other.” Humans may harbor more than 100 genes from other organisms 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z But back to the apparent contradiction between London as putative tax haven and the UK as alleged high-tax strangler of entrepreneurs. UK 'a tax haven for multinationals' 2014-04-28T09:53:58Z But everyone was O.K. with the strangler just being off the streets. The Lede: Documentary Uncovers Detective’s Persistence in Boston Strangler Case 2013-07-12T02:15:01Z One of the main contenders as champion wrestlers are strangler figs. Olympians of the botanical world 2012-07-31T23:13:09Z "You use strong terms, sir," the eyes of the Farnese flashed fire, and Lucrezia added hurriedly-- "Yes, yes--you are right--the strangler." The Honour of Savelli A Romance 2011-12-10T03:00:15.560Z For thee! thou goose egg! thou straw scarecrow, thou horse strangler, thou dry slipper--thou drunkard! On the Field of Glory An Historical Novel of the Time of King John Sobieski 2011-09-13T02:00:27.560Z They were produced in court as proofs that robbery had not been the object of the strangler, which was effected by his own slaves. Studies in the Out-Lying Fields of Psychic Science 2011-04-14T02:00:40.453Z When he pulled on them both the strangler's cord came away in his hand. Sense of Obligation 2011-02-09T03:00:52.337Z The combination of strangulation, resource and sunshine deficiency means the host plant is unlikely to win its battle against strangler figs. Olympians of the botanical world 2012-07-31T23:13:09Z A troop of archers held back with difficulty the furious mob that loudly clamored for the lives of the "heretics," those "heathens," those "Lutheran stranglers of little children"! The Pocket Bible or Christian the Printer A Tale of the Sixteenth Century 2011-01-27T03:00:40.940Z Brown – trailing in behind the other two and quite possibly behind everybody else in the entire world, including serial killers and puppy stranglers. I feel sorry for Gordon. And I'm not alone 2010-05-01T23:35:00Z This is not to dismiss him solely as a strangler. Paul Hayward: Mourinho prepares for Messi menace 2010-04-17T23:27:00Z They were professional stranglers, with sufficient knowledge of anatomy to dislocate the neck of him whom they had marked down as their prey. The Great Mogul The usurer is a heartless strangler, an insatiable glutton. The Progressionists, and Angela. Something else, also metallic, and weightier than the knife, clicked upon the stones; whereupon Blacklock loosed his strangler's grip and stepped back. The King of Arcadia He’s the soldier of the Crimea, Fighting to honour fools; He’s the grappler and strangler of Lee Lord of the terrible tools. Songs of the Army of the Night "What you feel is a strangler's cord," the thief said grimly. The Egyptian Cat Mystery She turned to him quickly, ready for a story from the picturesque strangler of bears. Claim Number One The youth was close upon the midnight strangler, stooping low. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek There was hardly a sign; nothing at all to show that the little pink spots came from the pressure of a strangler's grip. The Grain Ship Feringhi, one of the most famous of Indian stranglers, who also held a responsible official position, was once asked if he was not ashamed to kill his neighbour. Modern Saints and Seers The strangler's cord was draped carelessly about his neck. The Egyptian Cat Mystery The Vigilantes purged themselves of the false members, and carried their own title of opprobrium, the "stranglers," with unconcern or pride. The Story of the Outlaw A Study of the Western Desperado Here he had stood foot to foot with the strong man of the sheeplands, the strangler, the fierce, half-insane terror of peaceful men, and had come off the victor. The Flockmaster of Poison Creek He told the "stranglers" what men to "get," and that was all; and a day or two later a man here and a man there would be found dangling from a cottonwood. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands If the roots withdrew from the soil, the vine would die—unless, he agreed slowly, echoing her shudder, the vine solved the dilemma by becoming again a carnivorous strangler. The Short Life We sat down, and beside each of us three sat three others, two of whom were the holders of hands, while the third was the Bhurtote or strangler, as I knew only too well. Tales of the Caliph Paul frantically appealed to his father: "Save your own Paul from these stranglers!" Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 No wonder there was such a widespread and peculiar horror of the disease, as of some ghostly thug or strangler. Preventable Diseases The precipitous methods of the "stranglers," as they were grimly called, began to give the most hardened "the creeps." Roosevelt in the Bad Lands The word Thug signifies generically a cheat or robber, while Phānsigar, which was the name used in southern India, is derived from phānsi, a noose, and means a strangler. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala The most expert strangler of the Choctows could have done no better. The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV Hopefully seeking to loosen the slowly contracting hold of this persistent 'strangler,' the sick man has traveled in strange lands and over many waters. Oswald Langdon or, Pierre and Paul Lanier. A Romance of 1894-1898 It is a lightening, formed by God, to flame Across the ages and flash bolts to kill The stranglers, who the heart or spirit, main, Or choke black in the face, a People's Will. Freedom, Truth and Beauty Who the "stranglers" themselves were, nobody seemed to know. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands They were first employed as scouts, then as buriers of the dead, next as Shamsias or holders of hands, and finally as stranglers. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala Jack's head dropped forward, and the dancing girl nodded to the strangler to loose his frightful clutch. Jack Haydon's Quest Now for the first time in his narrative did the strangler betray emotion. Tales of Destiny That he was an accomplished wrestler—or perhaps a strangler—I divined from the helplessness of the Grand Duke, who lay inert, robbed of every power except that of his tongue. The Golden Scorpion They designated, moreover, certain responsible men in the different round-up districts, to whom subordinate bands of the "stranglers" reported from time to time for orders. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands The relation between a strangler and his guru was considered most sacred, and a Thug would often rather betray his father than the preceptor by whom he had been initiated. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala "But," concluded Forsyth, "I am indebted to you for an opportunity of meeting the Chinese strangler, and sending him to join the Burmese knife expert!" The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor "Many times have I travelled in company with just such a promiscuously gathered crowd as the strangler described." Tales of Destiny She was strangling love, and that is a desperate deed, and the strangler suffers more than love. By the Light of the Soul A Novel Rumblings from the Marquis — The "stranglers" — The band of "Flopping Bill" — Fifteen marked men — Maunders the discreet — Sewall receives callers. Roosevelt in the Bad Lands A Thug seldom attained to the office of Bhurtote or strangler until he had been on several expeditions and acquired the requisite courage or insensibility by slow degrees. The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume IV of IV Kumhar-Yemkala I not cause to remember his Burmese dacoits and Chinese stranglers? The Hand Of Fu-Manchu Being a New Phase in the Activities of Fu-Manchu, the Devil Doctor Yonder lies the way, infidel, strangler, slayer of a follower of the Prophet! Caste In some cases the criminals have been proved to belong to families of Thug stranglers. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official These arms are put forth at somewhat regular intervals in mounting upwards, and the victim, when its strangler is full grown, becomes tightly clasped by a number of inflexible rings. The Crime Against Europe A Possible Outcome of the War of 1914 Phansiagar means a strangler, and they use a phansi, or noose, which they throw over the necks of those whom they intend to plunder, and strangle them. Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen. I abhor the floggers and stranglers and butchers; and when I speak of discipline, I leave them out of count. The Ethics of Drink and Other Social Questions Joints In Our Social Armour And as to the matter of a thug or a decoit, half our men have been taught the art of the strangler. Caste Various officers then made unsystematic efforts to suppress the stranglers, but effectual operations were deferred until 1829. Rambles and Recollections of an Indian Official The crew burst into this gathering very much scared, with a statement that a "thousand stranglers" were at their heels. The Forty-Niners A Chronicle of the California Trail and El Dorado The Maghrabi stranglers, noiseless and bare-footed, fell in behind; a long ominous line of black human brutes, seeming hardly above the intellectual level of so many gorillas. The Flying Legion And various grewsome objects, a card case of human skin, and the twisted scarf used by a strangler. Through the Wall People endeavoured more especially to excite my apprehension by terrible accounts of the Thugs or stranglers. A Woman's Journey Round the World Such examples have already been before the public in the recent trial of the Parisian strangler, Eyraud. Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine A strangler and assistant strangler, called Bhurtote and Shamshea, place themselves, the one on the right, and the other on the left of the victim, without exciting his suspicion. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 From near the top, the Master, glancing down, could see the white-robed mass of the Arabs, the small, compact group of his own men; and, behind them all, the dim, black lines of the stranglers. The Flying Legion When my manhood was matched in embraces With the might of yon horror, the strangler, Far other I found it than folding That fair one ye know in my arms! The Life and Death of Cormac the Skald No one knows better than he how to throw the Punjab lasso, for he is the king of stranglers even as he is the prince of conjurors. The Phantom of the Opera My unexpected resistance led the strangler to bungle the rope. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu There are several gradations through which every member of the fraternity must regularly pass before he arrives at the high office of a Bhurtote, or strangler. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 The three redoubtables burst in on this gathering, wild-eyed, scared, with, the statement that a thousand stranglers were at their heels. The Gray Dawn The weight swings the cord round and round, while the strangler pulls the other end, and death is inevitable. Cord and Creese With his victim in this attitude, it is impossible even for the most expert strangler to throw the lasso with advantage. The Phantom of the Opera "The hotel detective saw him, but these stranglers are as elusive as shadows, otherwise, despite their having changed the scene of their operations, not one could have survived." The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu The stranglers, in the mean time, journey quietly with their victims, conversing with them in the most friendly manner. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 "Do you know, you young strangler," he gasped, "that they shoot thieves of your age?" The King in Yellow The day has dawned, the day of those who pull downwards—stranglers of individualism. Alone I do not say that they would be useful for fighting, for we have never been fighters, but the stranglers will be of use. Rujub, the Juggler Graham Guthrie, very pale, stood looking down at the dead strangler. The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu Each strangler is provided with a noose, to despatch the unfortunate victim, as the Thugs make it a point never to cause death by any other means. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 What power could Oudinot, the strangler of a Republic, possess to save a Republic? The History of a Crime The Testimony of an Eye-Witness But we don't need to worry about stranglers while there's so many of us down here. Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch The members of the sect-were classified into spies, stranglers, and grave-diggers, the spies being in the first stage and not ranking with the two more advanced degrees. Round the World Before the words were out of his mouth, Braun had dragged the venal scoundrel down in a strangler's grip. The Midnight Passenger : a novel In the south of India they are called Phansigars: the former word signifying "a deceiver;" and the latter, "a strangler." Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 So, I fear you not, my would-be strangler! A Fascinating Traitor An Anglo-Indian Story While these poor fellows were listening to the music the stranglers were standing behind them; and at the proper moment for dramatic effect they applied the noose. Following the Equator, Part 5 It was Kosrew Pasha, the Grand Vizier, he who had caused so many heads to fall, the strangler of the Sheik el Islam. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville That night there was high feasting in that same refectory where Andreas had feasted on the night when the stranglers watched him, waiting, and Charles was the guest of honour. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series When he has acquired sufficient experience in the lower ranks of the profession, he applies to his Gooroo, or preceptor, to give the finishing grace to his education, and make a strangler of him. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 A gruesome conviction seized me, as irrational as the hope which it displayed, that this was one of the Hashishin—an apish yellow dwarf, a strangler, the awful Hassan himself! The Quest of the Sacred Slipper He felt no concern, "because the bad fortune of such a deed is upon the strangler and not upon the assistants; even if there should be a hundred of them." Following the Equator, Part 5 With the storm that is called "spirit" did I blow over thy surging sea; all clouds did I blow away from it; I strangled even the strangler called "sin." Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none The stranglers, momentarily discomfited, scared, too, lest his cries should rouse the convent, had stood hesitating after he broke from them. The Historical Nights' Entertainment First Series From her they learned to tie the fatal noose; and they became, under her tuition, such expert stranglers, that, in a very short space of time, the race of demons became extinct. Memoirs of Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Volume 1 But you shall find the band that seems to tie their friendship together will be the very strangler of their amity: Octavia is of a holy, cold, and still conversation. Antony and Cleopatra Kelly cried, stepping between me and the ladder, his right hand shaped into a veritable strangler’s clutch. The Sea Wolf |
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