| 单词 | fetter |
| 释义 | fetter (fetəʳ ) Word forms: fetters , fettering , fettered 1. verb If you say that you are fettered by something, you dislike it because it prevents you from behaving or moving in a free and natural way. [literary, disapproval] ...a private trust which would not be fettered by bureaucracy. [be VERB-ed] The black mud fettered her movements. [VERB noun] Synonyms: restrict, bind, confine, curb 2. plural noun You can use fetters to refer to things such as rules, traditions, or responsibilities that you dislike because they prevent you from behaving in the way you want. [literary, disapproval] ...the fetters of social convention. 3. countable noun [usually plural] Especially in former times, fetters were chains for a prisoner's feet. He saw a boy in fetters in the dungeons. |
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