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词汇 tourniquet
释义 tourniquet
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈtʊə.nɪ.keɪ//ˈtɔː.nɪ.keɪ/ us /ˈtɝː.nɪ.kɪt/
a strip of cloth that is tied tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop it bleeding: 止血带
If it continues to bleed, you may have to apply a tourniquet to the limb.如果流血不止,你可能得在手臂上用止血带。
 
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tourniquet | American Dictionary


tourniquet
noun[ C ]
us/ˈtɜr·nɪ·kət, ˈtʊr-/
a strip of cloth that is tied tightly around an injured arm or leg to stop the flow of blood

Examples of tourniquet


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Let the world apply the economic tourniquet and that flickering flame of change will be turned into a barrier of self-defence.
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It is applying a tourniquet to the lifeblood of industry.
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Then a sharp turn of the tourniquet was necessary to stop our lifeblood from flowing away.
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I used the analogy of the tourniquet as an example.
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I fear that we turned the tourniquet too tightly when dealing with an inflationary surge.
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Be that as it may, the hæmorrhage could not have been allowed to continue, and a tourniquet of some kind was required.
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It took forty years to set the railways free from that commercial tourniquet.
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It is still far too much: but at least a tourniquet has been applied and is beginning to work.
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I regarded that as a tourniquet applied in a crisis situation in which certain measures had to be taken.
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It is like applying a tourniquet to stop the flow of blood.
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So all three elements in what up till now has been a relatively flexible system will be tightened up into a triple tourniquet.
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This country was undoubtedly bleeding to death, financially and industrially, and the first thing to do was to apply a tourniquet.
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Tourniquets of all kinds are being put upon our road transport system and what is the result?
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It is as if in the case of the human body you were to apply tourniquets to stop the circulation of the blood.
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I regard them as being like a tourniquet.
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