shackling vt. 用镣铐锁住;阻挠(shackle的ing形式)
- Policy makers argue that shackling some of the very biggest banks with new rules will keep the behemoths from getting into trouble.
决策者主张用新规则约束其中一些大银行,以收遏阻之效。 - Cole's pace had been important in shackling the in-form Cristiano Ronaldo. Less successful was the Blues attempt to keep Louis Saha at bay.
科尔的跑位对于冻结C罗有重要作用,失败之处的是蓝军对萨哈的紧逼。 - 3 Bo Le tamed the horses by trimming their mane, paring their hooves thin, branding their bodies, tying rein to their heads, shackling their feet.
伯乐将这些马儿的鬃毛修剪整齐,将马蹄削薄,并在身上烙印,还将缰绳套在马脖子上,用枷锁捆紧马儿的脚。
Shackle \Shac"kle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shackled}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Shackling}.]
1. To tie or confine the limbs of, so as to prevent free
motion; to bind with shackles; to fetter; to chain.
To lead him shackled, and exposed to scorn
Of gathering crowds, the Britons' boasted chief.
--J. Philips.
2. Figuratively: To bind or confine so as to prevent or
embarrass action; to impede; to cumber.
Shackled by her devotion to the king, she seldom
could pursue that object. --Walpole.
3. To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. [U. S.]
{Shackle bar}, the coupling between a locomotive and its
tender. [U.S.]
{Shackle bolt}, a shackle. --Sir W. Scott.