手铐;脚镣
manacles — plural of manacle
束缚;枷锁;用于手腕的镣铐,通常由一对相连的环组成;手铐;(引申义)限制自由活动的类似踝部装置。;金属环手铐;通常成对使用;束缚;限制。
A metal shackle locked around a prisoner's wrist or ankle.
用于手腕的镣铐,通常由一对相连的环组成;手铐;(引申义)限制自由活动的类似踝部装置。
A shackle for the wrist, usually consisting of a pair of joined rings; a handcuff; (by extension) a similar device put around an ankle to restrict free movement.
金属环手铐;通常成对使用
shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs
束缚;限制。
A fetter, a restriction.
The prisoner struggled to free his wrists from the iron manacles.
囚犯挣扎着想把手腕从铁手铐中挣脱出来。
用法提示:manacle 在此用作名词复数,指手腕上的铁铐,表达“手铐”义。
Ancient sculptures sometimes show captives wearing heavy manacles on their ankles.
古代雕塑有时会表现脚踝上戴着沉重脚镣的俘虏。
用法提示:manacles 作名词复数,此处引申指脚踝上的镣铐,即“脚镣”。
The new rules felt like a manacle on the workers' creativity.
新规定感觉像是套在工人们创造力上的枷锁。
用法提示:manacle 用作单数名词,比喻“束缚、枷锁”。
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