| 单词 | ball and chain |
| 释义 | ˌball and ˈchain noun [singular] 1 something that limits your freedom and stops you from doing what you want to do 束缚，拖累，枷锁 The lower-tech side of the business was seen as a ball and chain. 落后的技术被视为企业发展的羁绊。2. a heavy metal ball on a chain, tied to a prisoner’s legs, to stop the prisoner from escaping 球镣〔囚犯脚上系有铁球的脚链〕Examples from the Corpusball and chain• Like a couple of convicts bound together by a ball and chain, neither could betray the other without exposing himself.• This belief was like a ball and chain for the allied war effort.• You may be surprised to find that she doesn't want to shackle you with a ball and chain.• And walked back to the hotel minus her ball and chain.• At which point she unlocked her ball and chain.• Even after he had clubbed it to death it was part of him, his ball and chain.• If her grandfather removed the ball and chain, he wrote, would she visit?ˌball and ˈchain nounChineseSyllable you your limits freedom Corpus stops and that something from |
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