| 释义 |
handcuff
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ transitive verb
1. : to apply handcuffs to : manacle
2. : to restrain especially completely or so as to prevent action by or as if by means of handcuffs
< the wording of the present charter would handcuff the present parliament by preventing any revisions — Current History >
II. noun
: a metal fastening that can be locked around a wrist and that is usually connected by a chain or bar with another such fastening which can be locked about the other wrist of the same person or the wrist of another person : manacle — usually used in plural and often with pair |