英语词汇“fetter”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	fetter
释义	fet·ter I. \ˈfed.ə(r), -etə-\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English feter, from Old English feter, fetor, feotur; akin to Old High German fezzera fetter, Middle Dutch veter, Old Norse bjöturr fetter, Old English fōt foot — more at foot 1. : a chain or shackle for the feet : bond < a cow dragging her fetter chain and picket > — used chiefly in the plural < the fetters of the galley slave > 2. : something that confines or restrains : restraint < would like to have world trade free of political fetters > 3. : a long link in an ornamental chain II. transitive verb (fettered ; fettered ; fettering ; fetters) Etymology: Middle English feteren, from Old English gefeterian, from feter, fetor, n. 1. : to put fetters upon : shackle the feet of with a chain 2. : to bind (one thing or person) to another as if with a chain < God who has fettered our everyday senses to an understanding of nothing but the things immediately around us — T.B.Costain > 3. a. : to restrain from free action : deprive of freedom < we reverence tradition but we will not be fettered by it — W.R.Inge > b. : to render helpless or impotent < deafness, by fettering the powers of utterance, cheats many of their birthright of knowledge — Malachy Hynes > Synonyms: see hamper
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