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脚镣,羁绊,束缚束缚,加脚镣

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fetter \Fet"ter\, n. [AS. fetor, feter; akin to OS. feter?s,
   pl., OD. veter, OHG. fezzera, Icel. fj["o]turr, L. pedi?a,
   Gr. ?, and to E. foot. [root] 77. See {Foot}.] [Chiefly used
   in the plural, {fetters}.]
   1. A chain or shackle for the feet; a chain by which an
      animal is confined by the foot, either made fast or
      disabled from free and rapid motion; a bond; a shackle.

            [They] bound him with fetters of brass. --Judg. xvi.
                                                  21.

   2. Anything that confines or restrains; a restraint.

            Passion's too fierce to be in fetters bound.
                                                  --Dryden.

Fetter \Fet"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Fettered}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Fettering}.]
   1. To put fetters upon; to shackle or confine the feet of
      with a chain; to bind.

            My heels are fettered, but my fist is free.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. To restrain from motion; to impose restraints on; to
      confine; to enchain; as, fettered by obligations.

            My conscience! thou art fettered More than my shanks
            and wrists.                           --Shak.

资料来源 : WordNet®

fetter
     n : a shackle for the ankles or feet [syn: {hobble}]
     v : restrain with fetters [syn: {shackle}]