handcuff

noun · verbB1

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

handcuffs

1.
(rare, singular)(rarely singular) One ring of a locking fetter for the hand or one pair.
Đồng nghĩa: manacle, wristlet

Động từ

verb

V_es/s

handcuffs

V_ing/Gerund

handcuffing

V_ed/pp

handcuffed

1.
(transitive)To apply handcuffs to someone.
2.
(figuratively, transitive)to restrain or restrict.
Dang, I’m handcuffed by these regulations. I’d like to help but it’d be illegal.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

manacle wristletapply handcuffs to manacle

Cùng gốc / liên quan

handcuff artisthandcuff knotunhandcuff

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Nguồn gốc từ

From hand + cuff. Possibly an adaptation of Middle English handcops (shackles for the hand, handcuffs), from Old English handcops, from hand + cops, cosp (fetter, chains), but due to a lack of continuity (centuries between Old English and the modern term), generally analyzed as a re-invention. Nominal form first appears c. 1591 in the publications of John Florio. Verbal form first appears c. 1649.