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trammeled

/tram-uhl/US // ˈtræm əl //UK // (ˈtræməl) //

蹒跚而行,蹒跚学步,蹒跚的脚步,蹒跚学步的人

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n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Usually trammels . a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
    • : an instrument for drawing ellipses.
    • : Also called tram . a device used to align or adjust parts of a machine.
    • : trammel net.
    • : a fowling net.
    • : a contrivance hung in a fireplace to support pots or kettles over the fire.
    • : a fetter or shackle, especially one used in training a horse to amble.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    tram·meled, tram·mel·ing or tram·melled, tram·mel·ling.

    • : to involve or hold in trammels; restrain.
    • : to catch or entangle in or as in a net.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbhamper

Examples

  • Neither is he trammeled by any nice distinctions as to what may or may not be considered game.

  • She's monopolized, as usual; trammeled by a rash engagement to some poor man who is never likely to get money enough to marry her.

  • Her language is eloquent even though trammeled by the necessity of having an interpreter.

  • He was of a metaphysical turn of mind, and in the pursuit of truth was in no way trammeled by popular superstitions.

  • The kings authority in his own dominions would no longer be trammeled by the claims of a foreign authority to over-ride it.