fetters原创的音乐（fetter束缚羁绊）

Word of the Day：May 26, 2022

fetter

束缚；羁绊；脚铐

noun /FET-er/ [ˈfetər]

What It Means

A fetter is a chain or shackle for the feet. Fetter is also used figuratively to refer to something that confines or restrains someone in some way.

A fetter 是脚链；脚铐。 它也比喻为某种限制或约束某人的东西。

FETTER in Context

"The Alaska Constitution was written by a months-long gathering of 55 elected men and women in Fairbanks during the winter of 1955-1956. … They wanted a legislature free of the fetters that hobbled the older state governments—restraints that had prompted a nationwide outcry for constitutional reform in the years prior to the Alaska Constitutional Convention." — Gordon Harrison, The Fairbanks (Alaska) Daily News-Miner, 24 Apr. 2022

阿拉斯加宪法是1955年至1956年冬季在费尔班克斯由55名当选的男性和女性历经数月汇编而成的。他们希望立法机关摆脱束缚旧州政府的枷锁——在阿拉斯加制宪会议召开的前几年里，这种束缚曾引发全国范围内人们对宪法改革的强烈抗议。”

John keeps his smartphone with him when he goes hiking, but Linda leaves hers at home, preferring to free herself temporarily of the fetters of technology。

约翰去远足时随身带着他的智能手机，但琳达把它留在家里想着暂时摆脱科技的束缚。​

Did You Know?

While now used as a more general term for something that confines or restrains, fetter was originally applied specifically to a chain or shackle for the feet. Not surprisingly, the word's Old English ancestor, feter, is etymologically shackled to fōt, the Old English ancestor of foot. Fetter is also used as a verb with meanings that correspond to the noun's meanings: a prisoner can be fettered literally, and a person can feel fettered by obligations or responsibilities.

虽然fetter 现在用作限制或约束的通用语，但它最初指脚上的链条。 不足为奇的是古英语 feter是它的祖先，在词源学上与 fōt，即foot 的古英语祖先联系在一起。 Fetter 也用于动词，其含义与名词的含义相对应：囚犯带上脚铐，以及人们可以感受义务或责任的束缚。

Quiz

Fill in the blanks to complete a synonym of fetter: _ t r _ _ t _ _ e.

填空完成fetter的同义词：_ t r _ _ t _ _ e。

stricture