trammel

英 ['træm(ə)l] 美['træml]
  • vt. 束缚;拘束;阻碍
  • n. 拘束;束缚;束缚物
  • n. (Trammel)人名;(英)特拉梅尔

GRE

词态变化


第三人称单数: trammels;过去式: trammeled trammelled;过去分词: trammeled trammelled;现在分词: trammeling trammelling;

助记提示


1. tri- "three" + macula "a mesh, mesh in a net," (see mail (n.2)) originally "spot, blemish," on notion that the gaps in a net or mesh looked like spots.
2. => tremaculum "a net made from three layers of meshes" => Old French tramail "fine-gauged fishnet" => trammel "net to catch fish".

中文词源


trammel 鱼网,束缚,限制

来自古法语 tramail,鱼网,特指比较精细的鱼网,来自拉丁语 tremaculum,鱼网,可能来自 tri-, 三,macula,网眼,网纱,词源同 mail.其原义可能为三层网纱制成的鱼网。引申词义束缚, 限制。

英英释意


1. a fishing net with three layers; the outer two are coarse mesh and the loose inner layer is fine mesh
2. an adjustable pothook set in a fireplace
3. a restraint that is used to teach a horse to amble
4. a restraint that confines or restricts freedom (especially something used to tie down or restrain a prisoner)

英文词源


trammel (n.)
mid-14c., "net to catch fish" (implied in trammeller "one who fishes with a trammel net"), from Old French tramail "fine-gauged fishnet" (13c.), from Late Latin tremaculum, perhaps meaning "a net made from three layers of meshes," from Latin tri- "three" (see tri-) + macula "a mesh" (see mail (n.2)). Meaning "anything that hinders" is from 1650s, originally "a hobble for a horse" (c. 1500). Italian tramaglio, Spanish trasmallo are French loan-words.
trammel (v.)
1530s, originally "to bind up (a corpse);" sense of "hinder, restrain" is from 1727, from trammel (n.), a figurative use from the literal sense "bind (a horse's legs) with a trammel" (c. 1600). Related: Trammeled; trammeling.

实用场景例句


No longer trammel by his responsibility as chairman, he can say what he wish.
他不当董事长就不受职务约束了, 想说什么就说什么.

《简明英汉词典》

To adjust or align ( mechanical parts ) with a trammel.
用量规调整或校正 ( 机械部件 )

期刊摘选

Lori Trammel skanked her way through the entire football team!
罗莉·泰墨在橄榄球队混不下去了!

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