英语词汇“ball and chain”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

ball and chain

noun

1A heavy metal ball secured by a chain to the leg of a prisoner to prevent escape.A believer in strict discipline, he preferred forms of punishment like putting a prisoner in stocks or shackling him to a ball and chain....

They're bringing it back to the days when they made you wear stripes and now a chain, a ball and chain.
For the walls of their new London headquarters, officials have forked out £4,877 for 77 wood carvings and paintings plus a sculpture of a ball and chain by convicts.

1.1Used to convey the idea that someone or something is a crippling encumbrance: the ball and chain of debt...

It's like a noose, it's like a ball and chain around the U.S. economy's foot or neck, or wherever the heck it is.
Too often debt burden becomes a ball and chain for student borrowers after graduation.
You're not here to keep me company, you're my ball and chain!

单词	ball and chain
释义	ball and chain noun 1A heavy metal ball secured by a chain to the leg of a prisoner to prevent escape.A believer in strict discipline, he preferred forms of punishment like putting a prisoner in stocks or shackling him to a ball and chain.... They're bringing it back to the days when they made you wear stripes and now a chain, a ball and chain. For the walls of their new London headquarters, officials have forked out £4,877 for 77 wood carvings and paintings plus a sculpture of a ball and chain by convicts. 1.1Used to convey the idea that someone or something is a crippling encumbrance: the ball and chain of debt... It's like a noose, it's like a ball and chain around the U.S. economy's foot or neck, or wherever the heck it is. Too often debt burden becomes a ball and chain for student borrowers after graduation. You're not here to keep me company, you're my ball and chain!
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