| 释义 |
fettersfet‧ters /ˈfetəz $ -ərz/ noun [plural] literary   fettersOrigin: Old English feter; related to ➔ FOOT1 - Ordinary citizens are in political fetters, unable to control their own lives.
- He soon leaves for a tour of the Continent, with no specific destination, since genius despises fetters.
- His legs seemed lashed together like a great horse in fetters.
- The man's clothing had been reduced to rags and he was loaded with fetters.
- Then I felt freed, as if I were untying fetters.
- Why should we drag about with us the fetters of the discredited thinking of the past?
► Jail & punishmentborstal, nouncell, nounchain, nounchain gang, nounconcentration camp, nounconcurrent, adjectiveconfinement, nounconvict, nouncorrectional, adjectivecustodial sentence, nouncustody, noundeath row, noundetainee, noundetention, noundetention centre, noundrunk tank, noundungeon, nounfetter, verbfetters, noungaol, gaoler, noungovernor, nounguard, verbgulag, nounhandcuff, verbhandcuffs, nounincarcerate, verbinmate, nouninside, adverbintern, verbinternee, nouninternment, nounjailbreak, nounlabour camp, nounlifer, nounmanacle, nounold lag, nounopen prison, nounoubliette, nounparole, nounparole, verbpen, nounpenal, adjectivepenitentiary, nounpillory, nounpokey, nounpolitical prisoner, nounporridge, nounpreventive detention, nounprison, nounprison camp, nounprisoner, nounprisoner of conscience, nounprisoner of war, nounprison visitor, nounreformatory, nounremand home, nounremission, nounserve, verbshackle, nounshackle, verbsolitary, nounsolitary confinement, nounstretch, nounthumbscrew, nounwarden, nounwarder, nounyardbird, noun 1the things that prevent someone from being free SYN constraintsfetters of breaking the fetters of convention2chains that were put around a prisoner’s feet in past times |