shackle

中文： 约束

1. To place (a person or animal) in shackles (noun etymology 1 sense 1); to immobilize or restrain using shackles. (transitive)
2. To connect or couple (something) to another thing using a shackle (noun etymology 1 sense 1.1.1, etymology 1 sense 1.1.3, etc.). (transitive)
3. To provide (something) with a shackle. (transitive)
4. To inhibit or restrain the ability, action, activity, or progress of (someone or something); to render (someone or something) incapable or ineffectual. (figuratively, transitive) · This law would effectively shackle its opposition.
5. Of two things: to connect or couple together. (intransitive)

复数 shackle · He/she/it shackles · 过去式 shackled · 过去分词 shackled · -ing形式 shackling