柯林斯英汉双解大词典
manacle /ˈmænəkəl/ TEM8 ( manacling, manacled, manacles )
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1.
N-COUNT Manacles are metal devices attached to a prisoner's wrists or legs in order to prevent him or her from moving or escaping. 手铐; 脚镣; 镣铐 [usu pl]
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2.
V-T If a prisoner is manacled, their wrists or legs are put in manacles in order to prevent them from moving or escaping. 铐上 [usu passive]
例：His hands were manacled behind his back.
他的双手被铐在了身后。
例：He was manacled by the police.
他被警察上了镣铐。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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In THE summer of 1912 Harry Houdini was clapped in manacles and leg-irons, stuffed into a crate that had been weighed down by lead, and dropped from a tugboat into New York's East River.
在1912年夏天，Harry Houdini被拷在手铐和脚镣中，塞进一个灌铅的小木箱，然后从一艘拖船上被扔进纽约的东河中。
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A third time he freed himself of his manacles.
他第三次挣脱了手铐。
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They're manacles that confine the otherwise vulnerable and tender flesh of the body of the poem.
押韵是镣铐，禁锢着诗歌本来就,脆弱柔软的血肉之躯。
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