hidebound

hidebound
adjective
  1. unwilling or unable to change because of tradition or convention
    迂腐的,墨守成规的,守旧的,古板的
    you are hidebound by your petty laws.
    你让你那些条条框框捆住了手脚。
语源
  1. mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting a condition of cattle): from hide + bound. The earliest sense of the adjective (referring to cattle) was extended to emaciated human beings, and then applied figuratively in the sense 'narrow, cramped, or bigoted in outlook'
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