Handcuff
['hæn(d)kʌf] or ['hændkʌf]
解释:
(noun.) shackle that consists of a metal loop that can be locked around the wrist; usually used in pairs.
吉塞尔编辑--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) A fastening, consisting of an iron ring around the wrist, usually connected by a chain with one on the other wrist; a manacle; -- usually in the plural.
(v. t.) To apply handcuffs to; to manacle.
约翰校对
同义词及近义词：
n. Manacle, hand-fetter.
v. a. Manacle.
录入:史黛西
解释:
n. esp. in pl. Hand′cuffs shackles for the hand locked upon the wrists of a prisoner.—v.t. to put handcuffs on:—pr.p. hand′cuffing; pa.p. hand′cuffed (-kuft).
校对:鲁珀特
娱乐性解释：
To find yourself handcuffed, you will be annoyed and vexed by enemies. To see others thus, you will subdue those oppressing you and rise above your associates. To see handcuffs, you will be menaced with sickness and danger. To dream of handcuffs, denotes formidable enemies are surrounding you with objectionable conditions. To break them, is a sign that you will escape toils planned by enemies.
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例句:
- In a trice Mr. Bucket snaps a handcuff on her wrist. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- I beg that you will not touch me with your filthy hands, remarked our prisoner as the handcuffs clattered upon his wrists. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- It was well he did so; for Mr. Legree, having refitted Tom's handcuffs, proceeded deliberately to investigate the contents of his pockets. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
- Very good,' said he, taking his hat from its peg, and putting a pair of handcuffs in his pocket as if they were his gloves. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- There used to be handcuffs. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- With his upholsterer manner, as if the trooper were a window to be fitted up, he takes from his pocket a pair of handcuffs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- You will need your handcuffs, Inspector. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- In an instant Holmes clapped a pistol to his head, and Martin slipped the handcuffs over his wrists. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
- You see, miss, I have been handcuffed and taken into custody and brought here. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- The two convicts were handcuffed together, and had irons on their legs,--irons of a pattern that I knew well. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- He could not so much as get his breath to speak, until they were both separately handcuffed, but leaned upon a soldier to keep himself from falling. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
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