shackle
US: /ˈʃækəɫ/
UK: /ʃˈækəl/
UK: /ʃˈækəl/
English Vietnamese dictionary
shackle /'ʃækl/
- danh từ
- cái cùm, cái còng
- (số nhiều) xiềng xích; sự trói buộc, sự hạn chế
- shackle s of convention: sự trói buộc của quy ước
- cái sứ cách điện
- ngoại động từ
- cùm lại, xích lại
- ngăn cản, ngăn chặn
Advanced English dictionary
+ verb [VN]
1 to put shackles on sb: The hostage had been shackled to a radiator. + The prisoners were kept shackled during the trial.
2 [usually passive] to prevent sb from behaving or speaking as they want: She is opposed to shackling the press with privacy laws.
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 Often, shackles. fetter(s), leg-iron(s), chains, iron(s), bilboes, gyve(s), ball and chain, manacle(s), handcuff(s), restraint(s), bond(s), trammel(s), Colloq cuff(s), Slang bracelet(s), Brit darbies:
When those shackles went round his ankles, he thought he'd never see them taken off
2 Usually, shackles. restriction, restraint, deterrent, impediment, check, obstacle, obstruction, barrier, hindrance, bar, encumbrance:
When shall we throw off the shackles of ignorant prejudice and see a truly free world?
v.
3 chain, fetter, manacle, handcuff, bind, restrain, tie, secure, truss, pinion, tether:
He was shackled to the mast and whipped for disobedience. In this glorious spring weather I resent being shackled to a desk
4 restrain, hold back, check, deter, hinder, discourage, hobble, handicap, restrict, curb, rein, bridle, control, fetter, inhibit, limit:
Freedom of expression has been shackled during all those years of oppression.
Concise English dictionary
shackles|shackled|shackling'ʃækl
noun
+a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)
+a U-shaped bar; the open end can be passed through chain links and closed with a bar
verb
+bind the arms of
+restrain with fetters
