trammel
- IPA[ˈtram(ə)l]
美式
- a restriction or impediment to someone's freedom of action；a set-net consisting of three layers of netting, designed so that a fish entering through one of the large-meshed outer sections will push part of the finer-meshed central section through the large meshes on the further side, forming a pocket in which the fish is trapped.
- deprive of freedom of action
noun: trammel, plural noun: trammels
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. literary a restriction or impediment to someone's freedom of action we will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism
- 2. a set-net consisting of three layers of netting, designed so that a fish entering through one of the large-meshed outer sections will push part of the finer-meshed central section through the large meshes on the further side, forming a pocket in which the fish is trapped.
- 3. an instrument consisting of a board with two grooves intersecting at right angles, in which the two ends of a beam compass can slide to draw an ellipse.
- ▪ a beam compass.
- 4. US a hook in a fireplace for a kettle.
動詞
- 1. deprive of freedom of action we have no wish to be trammeled by convention
- 更多解釋
- IPA[ˈtraml]
英式
- restrictions or impediments to freedom of action: we will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism
- deprive of freedom of action: we have no wish to be trammelled by convention
Oxford Dictionary
