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shackle n.手铐；脚镣；镣铐；束缚物v.给...戴上镣铐；束缚 (1) 那个犯人被手铐铐着。(2) 囚犯的手脚都上了镣铐。(3) 囚犯用锤子打碎镣铐逃跑了。(4) 今天，人们已经摆脱了一些习俗的束缚。(5) 他还太年轻，不能用家庭责任来束缚自己。 We generally think of shackles as some sort of heavy metal cuff that is used to keep prisoners in check. But shackles don't have to be physical. Ignorance can be a shackle, so can an abusive family member, or the economy. In those cases, shackles are an external force that keep you from doing or being everything you want to. You can't see those shackles, but they can be every bit as confining as the metal cuffs.

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英 ['ʃækl] 美 ['ʃækl] (1) The prisoner was fastened by a shackle.(2) Shackle were placed on the prisoner's hands and feet.(3) The prisoner broke the shackle with a hammer and escaped away.(4) Nowadays, people have shaken off the shackles of some conventions.(5) He is too young to shackle himself with the responsibilities of a family. Handcuffs are shackles. So are those leg irons some prisoners wear when they appear in court. In other words, a shackle is a restraint, either physical or psychological, that restricts movement. 1[VERB 动词]束缚；阻挠；成为…的羁绊 If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do.   [be V-ed by/to n]  [usu passive]  [FORMAL 正式]The trade unions are shackled by the law.工会受法律的制约。...people who find themselves shackled to a high-stress job.发现自己被高压工作所束缚的人们2[N-PLURAL 复数名词]束缚；羁绊；枷锁 If you throw off the shackles of something, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do.   [with supp]  [LITERARY 文]...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past.决定摆脱过去殖民束缚的国家3[N-PLURAL 复数名词]镣铐；手铐；脚镣 Shackles are two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.他打开了比利的手铐。4[VERB 动词]给…上镣铐 To shackle someone means to put shackles on them.   [V n]  [V-ed to n]...the chains that were shackling his legs...铐着他双腿的链子She was shackled to a wall.她被铐在一面墙上。

英语单词	shackle
英美音标	英 ['ʃækl] 美 ['ʃækl]
中文释义	n.手铐；脚镣；镣铐；束缚物 v.给...戴上镣铐；束缚
英语例句	(1) The prisoner was fastened by a shackle. (2) Shackle were placed on the prisoner's hands and feet. (3) The prisoner broke the shackle with a hammer and escaped away. (4) Nowadays, people have shaken off the shackles of some conventions. (5) He is too young to shackle himself with the responsibilities of a family.
中文例句	(1) 那个犯人被手铐铐着。 (2) 囚犯的手脚都上了镣铐。 (3) 囚犯用锤子打碎镣铐逃跑了。 (4) 今天，人们已经摆脱了一些习俗的束缚。 (5) 他还太年轻，不能用家庭责任来束缚自己。
vocabulary简明	Handcuffs are shackles. So are those leg irons some prisoners wear when they appear in court. In other words, a shackle is a restraint, either physical or psychological, that restricts movement.
vocabulary扩展	We generally think of shackles as some sort of heavy metal cuff that is used to keep prisoners in check. But shackles don't have to be physical. Ignorance can be a shackle, so can an abusive family member, or the economy. In those cases, shackles are an external force that keep you from doing or being everything you want to. You can't see those shackles, but they can be every bit as confining as the metal cuffs.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]束缚；阻挠；成为…的羁绊 If you are shackled by something, it prevents you from doing what you want to do. [be V-ed by/to n] [usu passive] [FORMAL 正式] The trade unions are shackled by the law. 工会受法律的制约。 ...people who find themselves shackled to a high-stress job. 发现自己被高压工作所束缚的人们 2 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]束缚；羁绊；枷锁 If you throw off the shackles of something, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do. [with supp] [LITERARY 文] ...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past. 决定摆脱过去殖民束缚的国家 3 [N-PLURAL 复数名词]镣铐；手铐；脚镣 Shackles are two metal rings joined by a chain which are fastened around someone's wrists or ankles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands. 他打开了比利的手铐。 4 [VERB 动词]给…上镣铐 To shackle someone means to put shackles on them. [V n] [V-ed to n] ...the chains that were shackling his legs... 铐着他双腿的链子 She was shackled to a wall. 她被铐在一面墙上。

Shackle Metal N D Prisoner Fastened Verb 动词