handcuff

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vt. 给...戴上手铐 n. 手铐

发音

US /ˈhændˌkʌf/

词形变化

handcuffs 复数 handcuffs handcuffed handcuffing handcuffs 三单 handcuffing 现在分词 handcuffed 过去式 handcuffed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.

    手铐

    手扣

    罕用
v.
  1. 1.

    To apply handcuffs to someone.

    及物
  2. 2.

    to restrain or restrict.

    比喻 及物

    Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

cuff manacle handlock

上位词 4

bond hamper shackle trammel
动词

同义词 2

cuff manacle

上位词 2

shackle fetter

相关短语

handcuff artist handcuff artists handcuff knot handcuff knots

词源

From hand + cuff (“end of shirtsleeve”). Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops (“shackles for the hand, handcuffs”), from Old English handcops, from hand + cops, cosp (“fetter, chains”), but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of John Florio. Verbal form first appears c. 1649.

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