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单词 manacle
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manacle1/ʹmanəkl/ noun

(usu in pl) a shackle or handcuff

(usu in pl) a restraint

the manacles of etiquette

[Middle English manicle via French from Latin manicula, dimin. of manus hand]

manacle2verb

to confine (the hands) with manacles

to subject (somebody) to a restraint

Writers of all kinds are manacled servants of the public. We write frankly and fearlessly but then we ‘modify’ before we print — Mark Twain

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