| 单词 | trammel |
| 释义 | trammel n. & v. --n 1. (usu. in pl.) an impediment to free movement; a hindrance (the trammels of domesticity). 2. a triple drag-net for fish, which are trapped in a pocket formed when they attempt to swim through. 3. an instrument for drawing ellipses etc. with a bar sliding in upright grooves. 4. a beam-compass. 5. US a hook in a fireplace for a kettle etc. --vtr. (trammelled, trammelling; US trammeled, trammeling) confine or hamper with or as if with trammels. Etymology: in sense 'net' ME f. OF tramail f. med.L tramaculum, tremaculum, perh. formed as TRI- + macula (MAIL(2)): later history uncert. |
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