shackle
翻譯
給...上鐐銬, 束縛, 桎梏
例句
The prisoners were shackled together.
囚犯們被鐐銬鎖在一起。
He is shackled by his own fears.
他被自己的恐懼所束縛。
文法模式
((to shackle sb./sth.)) 給(某人/某物)上鐐銬 The guards came to shackle the prisoner.
((to be shackled by sth.)) 被(某事)束縛 He is shackled by his own fears.
近義詞
同義詞: fetter, chain, restrain, impede; 反義詞: release, free, liberate
詞源
源自古英語“sceacel”,意為“束縛,鐐銬”。
記憶技巧
想像一下腳踝上的“鐐銬”(shackle),讓你無法“搖動”(shake)掙脫。名詞形式指的就是那個物體。