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

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.

双语例句


1. 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.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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

来自电影对白

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

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