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[编辑] GRE 红宝书

  • v. / n.束缚, 妨碍, 鱼网
  • [英] v. / n.束缚, 妨碍; 鱼网 ( enmesh; to prevent or impede)
  • [例] Free yourself from the trammel of tradition.

[编辑] Webster Collegiate

I. noun

  • Etymology: Middle English tramayle, a kind of net, from Old French tramail, from Late Latin tremaculum, from Latin tres three + macula mesh, spot — more at three
  • Date: 14th century
  • 1. a net for catching birds or fish; especially one having three layers with the middle one finer-meshed and slack so that fish passing through carry some of the center net through the coarser opposite net and are trapped
  • 2. an adjustable pothook for a fireplace crane
  • 3. a shackle used for making a horse amble
  • 4. something impeding activity, progress, or freedom ; restraint — usually used in plural
  • 5.
    • a. an instrument for drawing ellipses
    • b. a compass for drawing large circles that consists of a beam with two sliding parts — usually used in plural
    • c. any of various gauges used for aligning or adjusting machine parts

II. transitive verb (-meled or -melled; -meling or trammelling)

  • Date: circa 1606
  • 1. to catch or hold in or as if in a net ; enmesh
  • 2. to prevent or impede the free play of ; confine
  • Synonyms: see hamper


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