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单词 manacle
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
man•a•cle /ˈmænəkəl/USA pronunciation   n., v., -cled, -cling. 
n. [countable]
  1. a handcuff.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to handcuff;
    fetter.
  2. to keep held back;
    restrain.
See -man-1.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
man•a•cle  (man′ə kəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -cled, -cling. 
n. 
  1. a shackle for the hand;
    handcuff.
  2. Usually, manacles. restraints;
    checks.

v.t. 
  1. to handcuff;
    fetter.
  2. to hamper;
    restrain:He was manacled by his inhibitions.
  • Latin manicula small hand, handle of a plow. See manus, -i-, -cle1
  • Middle French: handcuff
  • Middle English, variant of manicle 1275–1325

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
manacle /ˈmænəkəl/ n
  1. (usually plural) a shackle, handcuff, or fetter, used to secure the hands of a prisoner, convict, etc
 vb (transitive)
  1. to put manacles on
  2. to confine or constrain
Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Latin manicula, diminutive of manus hand
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