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las·so1 /ləˈsuː, ˈlæsəʊ $ -soʊ/ noun (plural lassos or lassoes) [countable]  TAa rope with one end tied in a circle, used to catch cattle and horses, especially in the western US 〔尤指美国西部套捕牛、马用的〕套索 →4  See picture of 见图 lasso

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lasso• Another time she saw Ralph swinging something on a rope, around and around his head, like a lasso.• She sprinkled a circle about their bed, and tossed him a smile that landed round his neck like a lasso.• By wielding his lasso in the White House, Ickes can help to stop Clinton from wandering off-message.

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lasso2 verb [transitive]  TACATCHto catch an animal using a lasso 〔用套索〕套捕→ See Verb table

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lasso• Their goal is to lasso 1,000 pounds of edibles for the struggling Food Bank.• He even lassoed friend and co-worker Arturo Baez, a skilled front-end loader driver, to come help.• Carl thus became the first and possibly the only man ever to successfully lasso musk ox, polar bears, and walrus.• Once, twice, and then again Mark tried to lasso the thrashing fish, and failed.Origin lasso1 (1700-1800) Spanish Latin laqueus; → LACE1

las·so1 nounlasso2 verbChineseSyllable  

rope tied end Corpus in one a a used circle, with

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las‧so¹ /ləˈsuː, ˈlæsəʊ $ -soʊ/ noun (plural lassos or lassoes) [countable]a rope with one end tied in a circle, used to catch cattle and horses, especially in the western US

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lasso² verb [transitive]
to catch an animal using a lasso