trammel

n. 鱼网, 拘束, 束缚 vt. 拘束, 束缚

发音

其它 /ˈtræməl/

词形变化

trammels 复数 trammels trammeled trammeling trammelled trammelling trammels 三单 trammeling 现在分词 trammelling 现在分词 trammeled 过去式 trammeled 过去分词 trammelled 过去式 trammelled 过去分词

别名

tramel tramell trammell

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Whatever impedes activity, progress, or freedom, such as a net or shackle.

    桎梏

  2. 2.

    A fishing net that has large mesh at the edges and smaller mesh in the middle

  3. 3.

    A kind of net for catching birds, fishes, or other prey.

    1633, The tuck carrieth a like fashion , save that it is narrower meshed , and ( therefore scarce lawful ) with a long bunt in the midst : the trammel differeth not much from the shape of this bunt, and serveth to such use as the wear and haking.

  4. 4.

    A vertical bar with several notches or chain of rings suspended over a fire, used to hang cooking pots by a hook which has an easily adjustable height.

  5. 5.

    Braids or plaits of hair.

  6. 6.

    A kind of shackle used for regulating the motions of a horse and making it amble.

  7. 7.

    An instrument for drawing ellipses, one part of which consists of a cross with two grooves at right angles to each other, the other being a beam carrying two pins (which slide in those grooves), and also the describing pencil.

    工程
  8. 8.

    A beam compass.

v.
  1. 1.

    To entangle, as in a net.

  2. 2.

    To confine; to hamper; to shackle.

    及物

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词源

From Middle English trameyle, from Old French tramail (“net for catching fish”), from Late Latin tremaculum, from tri- (“tri-”) + macula (“spot, speck; mesh, cell”). Cognate with Italian tramaglio (“trammel”), Spanish trasmallo (“drift net”).

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