necklace
n. 项链
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教材释义与例句
项链
a string of jewels, beads etc or a thin gold or silver chain to wear around the neck
...a diamond necklace and matching earrings.
…一条钻石项链和与之相配的耳环。
释义与例句
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An article of jewelry that is worn around the neck, most often made of a string of precious metal, pearls, gems, beads or shells, and sometimes having a pendant attached.
项链
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Anything resembling a necklace in shape.
比喻a necklace of coral islands
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A device used in necklacing (an informal execution); a rubber tyre that is filled with petrol. It is placed around the victim's chest and arms, and set on fire.
南非Necklacing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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To informally execute by necklacing; by setting on fire a petrol-filled rubber tyre which has been put around the bound victim's neck.
南非2002 Buthelezi: A Biography by Ben Temkin Inkatha members have been hacked to death and necklaced, and their houses have been destroyed
2000 Beyond Our Wildest Dreams: The United Democratic Front and the Transformation of South Africa by Ineke Van Kessel The first instance of necklacing occurred in March 1985 in the Eastern Cape township of KwaNobuhle.
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词源
From neck + lace.
来源：wiktionary