A "necklace" is a piece of jewelry worn around the neck, such as a chain or beads. It can also be a verb, meaning to kill someone by placing a burning tire around their neck as a form of execution.
An item of jewelry that is worn around the neck, typically a chain or string of beads, or a pendant on a chain or string. In addition, it can be a verb meaning to kill someone by putting a tire filled with gasoline around their neck and setting it on fire.
[N-COUNT 可数名词]项圈；项链 A necklace is a piece of jewellery such as a chain or a string of beads which someone, usually a woman, wears round their neck.
...a diamond necklace and matching earrings.
钻石项链和与之相配的耳环
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[VERB 动词]给…戴火项链(指将淋了汽油的轮胎套在某人脖子上并点燃的私刑) To necklace someone means to kill them by putting a tyre soaked in petrol around their neck and then setting fire to it.
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Alleged strike breakers had their houses petrol-bombed or were hacked to death or necklaced.
破坏罢工的嫌疑人，其房屋遭汽油弹炸毁，人被砍死或被套上火项链烧死。
necklacing
...the gruesome practice of necklacing.
用火项链处决人的令人毛骨悚然的做法
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neck·lace/ˈnekləs; NAmEˈnekləs/
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necklacenecklacesnecklacednecklacingnoun _jewellery_comp.jpg _pearlnecklace.jpg a piece of jewellery consisting of a chain, string of beads,etc. worn around the neck 项链◆a diamond necklace一条钻石项链verbnecklacesb to kill sb by putting a burning car tyre around their neck 给（某人）戴火项链（将燃烧的轮胎挂在脖子上将其烧死）▶neck·lacing/ˈnekləsɪŋ; NAmEˈnekləsɪŋ/noun[uncountable ]neck·lace/ˈnekləs; NAmEˈnekləs/neck·lacing/ˈnekləsɪŋ; NAmEˈnekləsɪŋ/