fetter
美音:
[´fetə
]英音:
[´fetə
]n.[常用复]脚镣,羁绊,束缚 vt.束缚,加脚镣
难易程度:
fetter为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:fettered 过去分词:fettered 现在分词:fettering 第三人称单数:fetters
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fetter
/'fetə(r); `fɛtɚ/
n (usu pl 通常作复数)
1 chain put round the feet of a person or animal to limit movement 脚镣; (动物的)足械
*The prisoner was kept in fetters. 犯人戴着脚镣.
2 (fig 比喻) thing that restricts or hinders 桎梏; 束缚; 绊
*the fetters of poverty 贫困的束缚.
v [Tn]
1 put (sb) in fetters 给(某人)戴上脚镣.
2 restrict or hinder (sb) in any way 束缚或阻碍(某人)
*I hate being fettered by petty rules and regulations. 我讨厌受清规戒律的束缚.
fetter
v [T usually passive]literaryto restrict someone's freedom and prevent them from doing what they want
fettered by family responsibilitiesto put chains on a prisoner's hands or feet
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chain