[with obj.]kill (someone) by strangulation, typically with an iron collar or a length of wire or cord (尤指用铁环或绳、线)扼杀,勒死(某人) he had been garrotted with piano wire. 他是被人用钢琴弦线勒死的。
noun
a wire, cord, or apparatus used for such a killing (将人扼杀、勒死所用的)线,绳(或器具)
语源
early 17th cent.: via French from Spanish garrote 'a cudgel, a garrotte', perhaps of Celtic origin