| 释义 |
shackle/ˈʃæk(ə)l/ n. & v.●n. 1 a metal loop or link, closed by a bolt, to connect chains etc. 钩环；钩链 2 a fetter enclosing the ankle or wrist 脚镣，手铐 3 (usu. in pl. 通常用复数) a restraint or impediment 桎梏；枷锁 ●v. tr. fetter, impede, restrain 给…戴上镣铐；束缚；羁绊 [Old English sc(e)acul ‘fetter’, corresponding to Low German shɑ¨kel ‘link, coupling’, Old Norse skökull ‘wagon-pole’, from Germanic] |