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TOEFL BNC: 19752 COCA: 17357

shackle

noun
/ˈʃækl/
/ˈʃækl/
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  1. [countable, usually plural] a metal ring placed around a prisoner’s wrist or ankle and joined by a chain to something, or to a shackle on the other wrist or ankle, to prevent the prisoner from escaping or moving easily镣铐；手铐；脚镣
  2. shackles
     [plural] shackles (of something) (formal) a particular state, set of conditions or circumstances, etc. that prevent you from saying or doing what you want枷锁；桎梏；束缚
    • a country struggling to free itself from the shackles of colonialism为摆脱殖民主义的枷锁而斗争的国家
    3. Word OriginOld English sc(e)acul ‘fetter’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schakel ‘link, coupling’.

shackle

verb
/ˈʃækl/
/ˈʃækl/
[often passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they shackle
/ˈʃækl/
/ˈʃækl/
he / she / it shackles
/ˈʃæklz/
/ˈʃæklz/
past simple shackled
/ˈʃækld/
/ˈʃækld/
past participle shackled
/ˈʃækld/
/ˈʃækld/
-ing form shackling
/ˈʃæklɪŋ/
/ˈʃæklɪŋ/
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  1. to put shackles on somebody给（某人）戴镣铐
    • be shackled (to something) The hostage had been shackled to a radiator.当时人质被铐在暖气片上。
    • The prisoners were kept shackled during the trial.审判期间，犯人戴着镣铐。
  2. shackle somebody/something to prevent somebody from behaving or speaking as they want束缚；阻挠；成为…的羁绊
    • She is opposed to shackling the press with privacy laws.她反对用隐私法束缚媒体。
    3. Word OriginOld English sc(e)acul ‘fetter’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schakel ‘link, coupling’.

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