trammel

trammel
[ˈtram(ə)l]
noun

(一般作 trammels)(poetic/literary)a restriction or impediment to someone's freedom of action
(诗/文)约束，束缚，限制，妨碍
we will forge our own future, free from the trammels of materialism.
我们要摆脱物质主义的束缚，锻造自己的未来。
(亦作 trammel net)a dragnet consisting of three layers of netting, designed so that a fish entering through one of the large-meshed outer sections will push part of the finer-meshed central section through the large meshes on the further side, forming a pocket in which the fish is trapped
渔网
an instrument consisting of a board with two grooves intersecting at right angles, in which the two ends of a beam compass can slide to draw an ellipse
椭圆规
■a beam compass
长臂圆规
(US)a hook in a fireplace for a kettle
(美)壁炉锅钩

(trammelled, trammelling; 美 trammeled, trammeling)

[with obj.]deprive of freedom of action
束缚，妨碍，限制
those less trammelled by convention than himself.
那些过多受自己而非习俗束缚的人。

语源

late Middle English (in sense 2): from Old French tramail, from a medieval Latin variant of trimaculum, perhaps from Latin tri- 'three' + macula 'mesh'

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