shackled
英 [ˈʃækld]
美 [ˈʃækld]
v. 给(某人)戴镣铐; 束缚; 阻挠; 成为…的羁绊
shackle的过去分词和过去式
COCA.42844
柯林斯词典
- VERB 束缚;阻挠;成为…的羁绊
If youare shackled bysomething, it prevents you from doing what you want to do.- The trade unions are shackled by the law.
工会受法律的制约。 - ...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
- The trade unions are shackled by the law.
- N-PLURAL 束缚;羁绊;枷锁
If you throw off theshackles ofsomething, you reject it or free yourself from it because it was preventing you from doing what you wanted to do.- ...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
- ...a country ready to throw off the shackles of its colonial past.
- N-PLURAL 镣铐;手铐;脚镣
Shacklesare 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.- He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.
他打开了比利的手铐。
- He unbolted the shackles on Billy's hands.
- VERB 给…上镣铐
Toshacklesomeone means to put shackles on them.- ...the chains that were shackling his legs...
铐着他双腿的链子 - She was shackled to a wall.
她被铐在一面墙上。
- ...the chains that were shackling his legs...
英英释义
adj
- bound by chains fastened around the ankles