transferred and figurative. Anything that confines, impedes, or restrains; a check, restraint.
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| 释义 | the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > types or manners of hindrance > [noun] > entangling or confining > that which (12) fetterOE transferred and figurative. Anything that confines, impedes, or restrains; a check, restraint. bandc1175 Anything with which one's body or limbs are bound, in restraint of personal liberty; a shackle, chain, fetter, manacle. archaic. bonda1325 (figurative from 1) Any circumstance that trammels or takes away freedom of action; a force which enslaves the mind through the affections or… mesh1541 figurative. A complex situation or series of events in which a person is entangled; a concatenation of constraining or restricting forces or… tangling1575 concrete. plural. Things that tangle or entangle. gyve1587 transferred and figurative. entanglement1644 A means of entangling; that by which a person or thing is entangled; an embarrassment, a snare; a circumstance which complicates or confuses a matter. impesterment1652 an entanglement, embarrassment, encumbrance. trammela1657 transferred and figurative. Anything that hinders or impedes free action; anything that confines, restrains, fetters, or shackles. Chiefly plural. stranglehold1899 figurative. A stifling, constraining, or controlling influence or power exerted over something. tanglefoot1908 That which tangles or entraps the foot; spec. U.S. slang, an intoxicating beverage, esp. whisky. Also attributive. chokehold1911 figurative. A stifling, constraining, or controlling influence or power exerted over something. |
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