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Shackles Shackled Verb N Plural Throw 英[ˈʃækl 美[ˈʃækəl N.手铐,脚镣;束缚;[机]钩环;[电]绝缘器;Vt.束缚,加枷锁;妨碍,阻碍;给…上手铐;[电]在…装绝缘器

单词 shackle
音标
英[ˈʃækl] 美[ˈʃækəl]
解释
n.手铐,脚镣;束缚;[机]钩环;[电]绝缘器;vt.束缚,加枷锁;妨碍,阻碍;给…上手铐;[电]在…装绝缘器;
例句

VERB
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.
例:The trade unions are shackled by the law.工会受法律的制约。
例:...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

N-PLURAL
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.
例:...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

N-PLURAL
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.
例:He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.他打开了比利的手铐。

VERB
给…上镣铐
To shackle someone means to put shackles on them.
例:...the chains that were shackling his legs...铐着他双腿的链子
例:She was shackled to a wall.她被铐在一面墙上。
变形
third:shackles~done:shackled~pl:shackles~ing:shackling~past:shackled~

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