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trammel

🇬🇧 UK/'træml/🇺🇸 US
GREC2

Definitions

n.

Something that restricts freedom or progress; a type of fishing net.

束缚，障碍；鱼网

v.

To restrict or hamper someone's freedom or actions.

束缚，妨碍

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
trammelother
=trammel

Common Collocations

  • 1.trammels of convention世俗的束缚
  • 2.free from trammels摆脱束缚
  • 3.[trammels of bureaucracy][官僚体制的羁绊]
  • 4.trammels of tradition传统的枷锁

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She refused to let the trammels of convention dictate her career choices.

  • 2.

    The artist felt the trammels of poverty stifling his creative ambitions.

  • 3.

    Fishermen along the coast still use trammels to catch flatfish in shallow waters.

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