manacle

英 [ˈmæn.ə.kəl]      美 [ˈmæn.ə.kəl]
  • n. 束缚;手铐
  • vt. 束缚;给…上手铐
星级词汇:
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manacle 手铐

来自拉丁语manus,手,词源同manual,-acle,小词后缀。字面意思即小手,引申词义手铐,可能来自幽默用法。

manacle
manacle: see manual
manacle (n.)
mid-14c., "a fetter for the hand," from Old French manicle "manacles, handcuffs; bracelet; armor for the hands," from Latin manicula "handle," literally "little hand," diminutive of manicae "long sleeves of a tunic, gloves; armlets, gauntlets; handcuffs, manacles," from manus "hand" (see manual (adj.)). Related: Manacles.
In every cry of every man,
In every infant's cry of fear,
In every voice, in every ban,
The mind-forged manacles I hear

[Blake, "Songs of Experience"]
manacle (v.)
c. 1300, "to fetter with manacles," from manacle (n.). Related: Manacled; manacling.
1. Everybody can think: Are we how flounce off planned economy system manacle?
每个人都会思考: 我们是怎样挣脱计划经济体制的束缚的?
2. The reform of economics and development, want those who cast off doctrinairism book worship to manacle.
经济学的改革与发展, 要摆脱教条主义、本本主义的束缚.

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