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shackle

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n.手铐,脚镣,桎梏,束缚物 vt.加桎梏,加枷锁,束缚
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名词:shackler 动词过去式:shackled 过去分词:shackled 现在分词:shackling 第三人称单数:shackles

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/'ʃækl; `ʃækl/
n
1 [C usu pl 通常作复数] either of a pair of metal rings linked by a chain, used for fastening a prisoner's wrists or ankles together 手铐; 脚镣; 镣铐.
2 shackles [pl] the ~s of sth (fig 比喻) conditions, circumstances, etc that prevent one from acting or speaking freely 束缚; 羁绊
*the shackles of convention 习俗的束缚.

v
1 [Tn] put shackles on (sb) 给(某人)带上手铐或脚镣.
2 [Tn esp passive 尤用于被动语态] (fig 比喻) prevent (sb) from acting or speaking freely 束缚(某人)
*shackled by outdated attitudes 受旧观念的束缚.