shackle
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++shack·le1 /ˈʃækəl/ noun [countable] 1 the shackles of something literaryTIE the limits put on your freedom and happiness by something, especially a particular form of government – used to show disapproval 某事物的枷锁[束缚，桎梏]〔含贬义〕 They finally managed to throw off the shackles of communism. 他们终于挣脱了殖民主义的枷锁。2. SCJone of a pair of metal rings joined by a chain that are used for fastening together a prisoner’s hands or feet, so that they cannot move easily or escape 镣铐；手镣；脚镣 → handcuffs
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shackle• It was as though she'd been let loose from shackles she hadn't even known she'd been wearing.• They put my grandson in shackles once on a little drug charge.• Every few years the industry begins a campaign, backed in medical journals, for release from its shackles.• Emboldened by what she saw her friend get away with, Diana felt able to loosen the shackles a little.• And to Return, free of the shackles of human physical embodiment.• These programs were designed to remove the shackles so that black people could reach the starting line on an equal footing.shackle2 verb [transitive] 1 LIMITto put many limits on what someone can do – used to show disapproval 束缚，阻挠，羁绊〔含贬义〕 Industrial progress is being shackled by a mass of regulations. 工业发展受到了数不清的条条框框的束缚。2 SCJto put shackles on someone 给…戴镣铐 SYN chain He was blindfolded and shackled to a radiator. 他被蒙着眼睛铐在暖气片上。→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
shackle• Emmanuel suffered a miscarriage two weeks later and was taken to the hospital shackled and handcuffed.• The company is shackled by a lack of capital.• In a society still shackled by regulations and bureaucracy he was astonishingly impudent.• Facing such a large first innings total, the batsmen were shackled by the need to save the game.• In short, many Unix vendors are shackled by their desire to own everything.• Baseball owners, once thought to be shackled by tradition, are on a roll.• They destroyed the seminary, arrested Pigneau and shackled him in an eighty-pound wood and iron frame.• He will already be there, shackled, so there is no danger.• The prisoners were shackled together and forced to walk 600 miles across country.Origin shackle Old English sceacul (singular)shack·le1 nounshackle2 verbChineseSyllable
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shackle
shack‧le1 /ˈʃækəl/ 
noun [countable]
1. the shackles of something literary the limits put on your freedom and happiness by something, especially a particular form of government – used to show disapproval:
They finally managed to throw off the shackles of communism.
2. one of a pair of metal rings joined by a chain that are used for fastening together a prisoner’s hands or feet, so that they cannot move easily or escape
⇨ handcuffs
shackle2 verb [transitive]
Industrial progress is being shackled by a mass of regulations.
2. to put shackles on someone
SYN chain:
He was blindfolded and shackled to a radiator.
| I |
noun [countable]1. the shackles of something literary the limits put on your freedom and happiness by something, especially a particular form of government – used to show disapproval:
2. one of a pair of metal rings joined by a chain that are used for fastening together a prisoner’s hands or feet, so that they cannot move easily or escape
⇨ handcuffs
| II |
verb [transitive] Language: Old English
Origin: sceacul (singular)
1. to put many limits on what someone can do – used to show disapproval:Origin: sceacul (singular)
2. to put shackles on someone
SYN chain: