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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

shackle

/shak-uhl/US // ˈʃæk əl //UK // (ˈʃækəl) //

桎梏,枷锁,脚镣,镣铐

Related Words

handcuff手铐,铐上手铐,铐住,手拷irons铁杆,铁器,铁架,熨斗tie up捆绑,绑住,绑缚,捆绑起来bind束缚,捆绑,绑定,结合cuff袖口,袖套,袖带,袖珍confine封闭,禁锢,禁闭,拘束fetter羁绊,束缚,羁绊物,羁押chain链条,链子,链接,链manacle手铐,甲骨文,芒果,铐住bracelet手镯,手链,手带,手环rope绳索,绳子,绳,绳缆trammel捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣鼓,捣毁secure安全,安全的,稳固的hold持有,举行,保持,持有的

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a ring or other fastening, as of iron, for securing the wrist, ankle, etc.; fetter.
    • : a hobble or fetter for a horse or other animal.
    • : the U-shaped bar of a padlock, one end of which is pivoted or sliding, the other end of which can be released, as for passing through a staple, and then fastened, as for securing a hasp.
    • : any of various fastening or coupling devices.
    • : Often shackles. anything that serves to prevent freedom of procedure, thought, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    shack·led, shack·ling.

    • : to put a shackle or shackles on; confine or restrain by a shackle or shackles.
    • : to fasten or couple with a shackle.
    • : to restrain in action, thought, etc., as by restrictions; restrict the freedom of.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounrestraint
Forms: shackled, shackles
Synonyms
handcuff手铐,铐上手铐,铐住,手拷bracelet手镯,手链,手带,手环chain链条,链子,链接,链cuff袖口,袖套,袖带,袖珍fetter羁绊,束缚,羁绊物,羁押manacle手铐,甲骨文,芒果,铐住rope绳索,绳子,绳,绳缆trammel捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣鼓,捣毁electronic ankle bracelet电子脚环,电子脚链,电子脚镣,电子脚镯leg-iron烙铁,腿上的铁,熨斗,腿上的熨斗
verbrestrain
Forms: shackled, shackles
Synonyms
bind束缚,捆绑,绑定,结合confine封闭,禁锢,禁闭,拘束cuff袖口,袖套,袖带,袖珍handcuff手铐,铐上手铐,铐住,手拷tie up捆绑,绑住,绑缚,捆绑起来chain链条,链子,链接,链fetter羁绊,束缚,羁绊物,羁押hog-tie捆绑,捆绑式,拴住,牵制hold持有,举行,保持,持有的manacle手铐,甲骨文,芒果,铐住secure安全,安全的,稳固的trammel捣蛋鬼,捣乱者,捣鼓,捣毁hold captive扣住,扣押,扣押的,俘虏put a straitjacket on穿上束缚衣,穿上紧身衣,束衣,穿上束衣

Examples

  • Being able to orient a map using a compass is the basis of navigation, but it’s also a fun challenge and it frees you from the shackles of modern technology.

  • The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday significantly limited when handcuffs, shackles and other restraints can be used on young people when they appear in court.

  • News reports of her testimony this week were paired with photos of her dancing in shackles.

  • “We need to take the shackles off and get out of our own way,” he says.

  • At the end of July, his request for deportation was granted and he was flown back to Honduras in shackles.

  • Conservatives distrust public officials and want to shackle them with detailed rules.

  • Twice a day, soldiers shackle Moqbel to a restraint chair, and force a feeding tube into his stomach though his nose.

  • An institution that might have protected us two hundred years ago has become a shackle.

  • So given all the evidence against it, why shackle women at all?

  • “Why, the beggars have knocked the shackle off the chain,” cried Raft.

  • Pastern, pas′tėrn, n. the part of a horse's foot from the fetlock to the hoof, where the shackle is fastened.

  • As he drove the rivet into the shackle on his left arm, a spurt of bruised blood from the old Mexican War wound stained the iron.

  • Religious dogma is sometimes used to shackle human creativity, and the form of belief is allowed to stifle the vitality of faith.

  • I am ready to take you to any place of safety you can name, for my promise is as strong as an iron shackle.

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