trammel
verb /ˈtræml/
/ˈtræml/
[often passive] (formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they trammel | /ˈtræml/ /ˈtræml/ |
| he / she / it trammels | /ˈtræmlz/ /ˈtræmlz/ |
| past simple trammelled | /ˈtræmld/ /ˈtræmld/ |
| past participle trammelled | /ˈtræmld/ /ˈtræmld/ |
| (US English) past simple trammeled | /ˈtræmld/ /ˈtræmld/ |
| (US English) past participle trammeled | /ˈtræmld/ /ˈtræmld/ |
| -ing form trammelling | /ˈtræmlɪŋ/ /ˈtræmlɪŋ/ |
| (US English) -ing form trammeling | /ˈtræmlɪŋ/ /ˈtræmlɪŋ/ |
- trammel somebody/something to limit somebody’s freedom of movement or activity
限制，束缚，阻碍（某人的活动自由） - He felt himself trammelled by convention.
他觉得自己被传统束缚住了。
词源late Middle English (originally referring to a type of net used for fishing): from Old French tramail, from a medieval Latin variant of trimaculum, perhaps from Latin tri- ‘three’ + macula ‘mesh’. - He felt himself trammelled by convention.