manacled
/man-uh-kuhl/US // ˈmæn ə kəl //UK // (ˈmænəkəl) //
镣铐式,镣铐的,手铐式,枷锁
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n.名词 noun
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- : a shackle for the hand; handcuff.
- : Usually manacles. restraints; checks.
v.有主动词 verb
- 1
man·a·cled, man·a·cling.
- : to handcuff; fetter.
- : to hamper; restrain: He was manacled by his inhibitions.
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Examples
The three were presented to the press on Sunday morning blindfolded, manacled to chairs and showing signs of severe beatings.
He looked up to see Auguste staring stonily at him, his manacled hands clenched into fists.
He sat huddled up in his chair, his manacled hands clasped on the table before him, and then with a jerk sat upright.
All of us leaped from our mattresses to witness the dreary procession of neck-chained and be-manacled convicted men.
A few moments later the prisoner entered, walking with hands manacled, at the side of an imposing garde de Paris.
The manacled woman gave a little sound indicative of despair and rage.
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