Word · Frequency #46321
trammels
束缚;羁绊;障碍
trammels is the plural of trammel.
Something that impedes activity, progress, or freedom; a restraint or hindrance.
常作复数
- 1.
Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.
阻碍活动、进展或自由的事物(如网或镣铐)
- 2.
A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle
一种渔网,边缘网眼大,中间网眼小
- 3.
A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.
捕鸟、捕鱼等的网
- 4.
A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.
悬挂在火上的带有多个凹槽的垂直杆或链环,用于挂锅并可轻松调节高度
- 5.
Braids or plaits of hair.
发辫;编辫
- 6.
A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.
一种用于控制马的动作并使其慢步的镣铐
- 7.
An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.
椭圆规(一种绘图工具)
- 8.
A beam compass.
一种画圆规
(捕鸟、捕鱼等用的)网;渔网;吊锅架;(壁炉上可调节高度的)铁锅挂钩;驯马用的绊绳;马绊;发辫;辫子;椭圆规
In use
He moved to the city to escape the trammels of village tradition.
The new law places trammels on how companies may collect personal data.
After years of following the same routine, she finally broke free from those trammels.
Connections
Word family
- trammels
- plural, third person singular
- trammeled
- past, past participle
- trammelled
- past, past participle
- trammeling
- present participle
- trammelling
- present participle
Learner notes
Learn the forms together
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