catch sth with a lasso
表示“用套索”时，工具前面用介词 with，后面直接接被套住的对象。
The cowboy caught the runaway calf with a lasso.
牛仔用套索套住了那头跑掉的小牛。
套索工具；一端带活套的长绳,通常用于牧场套捕牛马。；一种图像编辑功能,通过绘制大致轮廓来选定不规则形状的物体。；以套索捕
a rope with a sliding loop, used to catch cattle or horses
一端带活套的长绳,通常用于牧场套捕牛马。
A long rope with a sliding loop on one end, generally used in ranching to catch cattle and horses.
一种图像编辑功能,通过绘制大致轮廓来选定不规则形状的物体。
An image-editing function allowing the user to capture an irregularly-shaped object by drawing an approximate outline.
The cowboy swung his lasso above his head before throwing it at the calf.
牛仔在向小牛抛出套索之前，先将它在头顶上挥舞。
用法提示：lasso 作为名词，指套索，在句中作宾语
She learned how to make a lasso from rope during the summer camp.
她在夏令营期间学会了如何用绳子制作套索。
用法提示：lasso 作为名词，指套索，在句中作宾语
The rodeo performer caught the stray horse with a single lasso.
牛仔竞技表演者用一根套索就抓住了那匹走失的马。
用法提示：lasso 作为名词，指套索，在句中作宾语
表示“用套索”时，工具前面用介词 with，后面直接接被套住的对象。
The cowboy caught the runaway calf with a lasso.
牛仔用套索套住了那头跑掉的小牛。
throw 也可换成 cast；用 around 或 over 引出被套住的身体部位或物体。
He threw a lasso around the horse's neck.
他把套索甩到马的脖子上。
指图像编辑功能时，lasso 作定语放在 tool 前，说成 the lasso tool。
Use the lasso tool to select the irregular shape.
使用套索工具选中不规则的形状。
grammar · medium
易错句子The cowboy caught the calf with lasso.
正确表达The cowboy caught the calf with a lasso.
lasso 是可数名词，指一件具体的工具，单数形式前需要不定冠词 a；汉语名词前不用冠词，学习者容易漏掉。表示“用套索”应说 with a lasso。
grammar · medium
易错句子The ranch bought two lasso last week.
正确表达The ranch bought two lassos last week.
lasso 是可数名词，前面有数词 two 时必须用复数形式 lassos（也可拼作 lassoes）；汉语名词本身没有数形变化，容易漏加复数词尾。
lariat 与 lasso 基本同义，都指一端带活套、用于套捕牛马的长绳；lariat 更常见于美国西部牧场语境，lasso 更通用，也可作动词。
noose 指绳子一端打成的活结圈，是 lasso 的组成部分；lasso 指整条带活套的长绳。表示整条绳子时不能用 noose。
rope 是绳子的统称，不特指带活套；lasso 特指一端带有可滑动活套、用于套捕牲畜的长绳。泛指普通绳子时用 rope。
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