英语词汇“shackle”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

shackle

/ˈʃak(ə)l

noun

1 (shackles) A pair of fetters connected together by a chain, used to fasten a prisoner’s wrists or ankles together.He tugged on the chain connecting my shackles together...

The boy was wearing a blue and black prisoner uniform with broken shackles on his wrists and feet.
Your client is not in shackles in the prison itself, only when being transported to and from…

Synonyms

chains, fetters, irons, leg irons, manacles, handcuffs;

bonds, tethers, ropes, restraints

informal cuffs, bracelets

archaic darbies, gyves, bilboes

1.1A situation or factor that restrains or restricts someone or something: society is going to throw off the shackles of racism and colonialism...

This stylistic approach may have been a ploy to attract a wider reading public, but historians should more often throw off the shackles of pedantry and learn to write and read history as literature.
With scarcity and stagnation cast aside, the economy could finally throw off the shackles of a crude good-for-good bartering system.
McElroy, who desperately wants to throw off the shackles of the drug world, has other plans.

Synonyms

restrictions, trammels, restraints, constraints, straitjacket;

impediments, hindrances, obstacles, barriers, encumbrances, obstructions, checks, curbs;

ball and chain

2A metal link, typically U-shaped, closed by a bolt, used to secure a chain or rope to something.So was the shackle which fastened it to the halyard.

2.1A pivoted link connecting a spring in a vehicle’s suspension to the body of the vehicle.

verb [with object]

1Chain with shackles: the prisoner was shackled to the heavy steel chair in the centre of the room...

A believer in strict discipline, he preferred forms of punishment like putting a prisoner in stocks or shackling him to a ball and chain.
I do not think any prisoners in Australia are shackled.
The next day, the ship reached the shore of England and all the prisoners were handcuffed, shackled and forced into boats destined for the shore.

Synonyms

chain, fetter, manacle;

secure, tie (up), bind, tether, hobble;

put in chains, put/clap in irons, handcuff

archaic gyve

1.1Restrain; limit: they seek to shackle the oil and gas companies by imposing new controls...

And unlike the anti-marketing Masters Tournament, which limits ads, the USGA doesn't shackle the networks.
As a Hindu I am proud to subscribe to a creed that is free of the restrictive dogmas of holy writ that refuses to be shackled to the limitations of a single holy book.
I want to break free from the chains that shackle me to them.

Synonyms

restrain, restrict, limit, constrain;

hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct, handicap, hamstring, encumber, inhibit, check, curb, tie down;

tie someone's hands, cramp someone's style

rare trammel

Origin

Old English sc(e)acul 'fetter', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schakel 'link, coupling'.

单词	shackle
释义	shackle /ˈʃak(ə)l / noun 1 (shackles) A pair of fetters connected together by a chain, used to fasten a prisoner’s wrists or ankles together.He tugged on the chain connecting my shackles together... The boy was wearing a blue and black prisoner uniform with broken shackles on his wrists and feet. Your client is not in shackles in the prison itself, only when being transported to and from… Synonyms chains, fetters, irons, leg irons, manacles, handcuffs; bonds, tethers, ropes, restraints informal cuffs, bracelets archaic darbies, gyves, bilboes 1.1A situation or factor that restrains or restricts someone or something: society is going to throw off the shackles of* racism and colonialism... This stylistic approach may have been a ploy to attract a wider reading public, but historians should more often throw off the shackles of pedantry and learn to write and read history as literature. With scarcity and stagnation cast aside, the economy could finally throw off the shackles of a crude good-for-good bartering system. McElroy, who desperately wants to throw off the shackles of the drug world, has other plans. Synonyms restrictions, trammels, restraints, constraints, straitjacket; impediments, hindrances, obstacles, barriers, encumbrances, obstructions, checks, curbs; ball and chain 2A metal link, typically U-shaped, closed by a bolt, used to secure a chain or rope to something.So was the shackle which fastened it to the halyard. 2.1A pivoted link connecting a spring in a vehicle’s suspension to the body of the vehicle. verb [with object]* 1Chain with shackles: the prisoner was shackled to the heavy steel chair in the centre of the room... A believer in strict discipline, he preferred forms of punishment like putting a prisoner in stocks or shackling him to a ball and chain. I do not think any prisoners in Australia are shackled. The next day, the ship reached the shore of England and all the prisoners were handcuffed, shackled and forced into boats destined for the shore. Synonyms chain, fetter, manacle; secure, tie (up), bind, tether, hobble; put in chains, put/clap in irons, handcuff archaic gyve 1.1Restrain; limit: they seek to shackle the oil and gas companies by imposing new controls... And unlike the anti-marketing Masters Tournament, which limits ads, the USGA doesn't shackle the networks. As a Hindu I am proud to subscribe to a creed that is free of the restrictive dogmas of holy writ that refuses to be shackled to the limitations of a single holy book. I want to break free from the chains that shackle me to them. Synonyms restrain, restrict, limit, constrain; hamper, hinder, impede, obstruct, handicap, hamstring, encumber, inhibit, check, curb, tie down; tie someone's hands, cramp someone's style rare trammel Origin Old English sc(e)acul 'fetter', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schakel 'link, coupling'. Rhymes cackle, crackle, grackle, hackle, jackal, mackle
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