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fetters

/fet-er/US // ˈfɛt ər //UK // (ˈfɛtə) //

枷锁,羁绊,镣铐,铐子

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a chain or shackle placed on the feet.
    • : Usually fetters. anything that confines or restrains: Boredom puts fetters upon the imagination.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to put fetters upon.
    • : to confine; restrain.

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Examples

  • I wonder how it comes,” he asked, “that all these strangers are so quick afoot, and we must drag about our fetter?

  • He was a grave lad; he had no mind to dance himself; he wore his fetter manfully, and tended his ulcer without complaint.

  • He thought to leave the fetter where it lay, but when he turned to go, his mind was otherwise.

  • When politics possess the soul, they fetter it with contemptible pride, paltry ambitions.

  • Taking this fetter to the wolf, they bade him try his strength on it.