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trammels

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

羁绊,羁绊物,羁绊者,羁押物

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Definitions

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

  • The most correct method of drawing an ellipse is by means of an instrument termed a trammel, which is shown in Figure 83.

  • Trammel, tram′el, n. a net used in fowling and fishing: shackles for making a horse amble: anything that confines.

  • There was no cult of seamanship, no dead wall of prejudice to trammel modern naval developments.

  • The coronation oath, they said, was never intended to trammel him in his legislative capacity.

  • That which is progress to-day, may it not one hundred years hence have become mere routine, and a downright trammel?