shackle
翻译
给...上镣铐, 束缚, 桎梏
例句
The prisoners were shackled together.
囚犯们被镣铐锁在一起。
He is shackled by his own fears.
他被自己的恐惧所束缚。
语法模式
((to shackle sb./sth.)) 给(某人/某物)上镣铐 The guards came to shackle the prisoner.
((to be shackled by sth.)) 被(某事)束缚 He is shackled by his own fears.
近义词
同义词: fetter, chain, restrain, impede; 反义词: release, free, liberate
词源
源自古英语“sceacel”，意为“束缚，镣铐”。
记忆技巧
想象一下脚踝上的“镣铐”（shackle），让你无法“摇动”（shake）挣脱。名词形式指的就是那个物体。