Lasso
[lə'suː;'læsəʊ] or ['læso]
解釋/意思:
(noun.) a long noosed rope used to catch animals.
(noun.) Belgian composer (1532-1594).
(verb.) catch with a lasso; 'rope cows'.
卡梅拉整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(n.) A rope or long thong of leather with, a running noose, used for catching horses, cattle, etc.
(v. t.) To catch with a lasso.
錄入:库尔特
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Lariat.
海尔格校對
解釋/意思:
n. a long rope with a running noose for catching wild horses &c.:—pl. Lass′os Lass′oes.—v.t. to catch with the lasso:—pr.p. lass′ōing; pa.p. lass′ōed.
錄入:伦纳德
例句/造句/用法:
- To which he added, in a small complicated hand, ending with a long lean flourish, not unlike a lasso thrown at all the rest of the names: Blandois. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- A lasso was then thrown over the neck of a mule, when he would immediately go to the length of his tether, first one end, then the other in the air. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Nothing short of a Mexican with his lasso could have caught him. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- While he was thus plunging and gyrating, another lasso would be thrown by another Mexican, catching the animal by a fore-foot. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- If these efforts fail the bull is finally lassoed, held fast and killed by driving a knife blade into the spinal column just back of the horns. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- The bull was then lassoed and killed in the manner above described. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
整理:佩吉