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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

绞 [jiǎo]
  1. 1. verb [扭] twist
  2. 2. verb [勒死] hang
    绞死
    hang

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

绞 [jiǎo]
  1. 1. verb twist; wring; entangle
    把几股铁丝绞在一起
    twist several strands of wire together
    把衣服绞干
    wring out wet clothes
    心如刀绞
    feel as if a knife were being twisted in one's heart
    他绞着两根绳。
  2. 2. verb wind
    绞动辘轳
    wind a windlass
  3. 3. verb hang by the neck
  4. 4. verb [Mechanics] bore with a reamer; ream
    绞孔
    ream a hole
  5. 5. measure word skein; hank
    一绞毛线
    a skein of woollen yarn

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

绞 [jiǎo]
  1. 1. 动 把两根以上的线、绳、铁丝等拧在一起
    绞船缆。
  2. 2. 动 拧；扭紧
    把衣服上的水绞干
    绞尽脑汁。
  3. 3. 动 (用绳索)勒死
    绞杀
    绞刑。
  4. 4. 动 绳索的一端系在轮子上，另一端系在某个物体上，转动轮子，绕起绳索，使物体移动
    绞辘轳打水
    绞车。
  5. 5. 动 纠缠
    几件事绞在一起。
  6. 6. 量 用于纱、毛线等
    一绞纱。
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Examples

给我把那把绞手拿来，我要干活。
Fetch me the drift holder and I will get down to work.
这本小说是我的绞心力作。
I've devoted a lot of work on this book.
绞心地坑害消费者。
The fool got his tie caught in the geartrain.
那个笨蛋把他的领带绞在齿轮里了。

Character Decomposition

纟
[sī]		 + 交
[jiāo]

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