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fetter 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/ˈfetər/,
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fetters, plural;
  1. Restrain with chains or manacles, typically around the ankles
    • - a ragged and fettered prisoner
  2. Restrict or restrain (someone) in an unfair or undesirable fashion
    • - he was not fettered by tradition
Noun
  1. A chain or manacle used to restrain a prisoner, typically placed around the ankles
    • - he lay bound with fetters of iron
  2. A restraint or check on someone's freedom to do something, typically one considered unfair or overly restrictive
    • - the fetters of discipline and caution
  1. restrain with fetters
  2. a shackle for the ankles or feet
  3. In Buddhism, a mental fetter or "chain" or "bond" (Pāli: samyojana, saŋyojana, saññojana) shackles a sentient being to samsara, the cycle of endless suffering. By completely cutting through all fetters, one attains Nibbana (Pali; Skt.: Nirvana).
  4. Fetters, shackles, footcuffs or leg irons are a kind of physical restraint used on the feet or ankles to allow walking but prevent running and kicking. The term "fetter" shares a root with the word "foot".
  5. A chain or similar object used to bind a person or animal by its legs (usually in plural); Anything that restricts or restrains in any way; To shackle or bind up with fetters; To restrain or impede; to hamper
  6. (Fetters (saṅyojana)) The ten fetters that bind the mind to the round of death & rebirth are (1) identity views, (2) uncertainty, (3) grasping at habits & practices, (4) sensual passion, (5) irritation, (6) passion for form, (7) passion for formlessness, (8) conceit, (9) restlessness, & (10) ...
  7. clomm, clamm, n.; feter, f.
  8. A restraining handcuff or shackle worn by prisoners around the ankles to stop them from escaping.
  9. grillete; prisión; encadenar; estorbar; trabar
  10. A chain or shackle for the ankles or feet. Something that serves to restrict; a restraint. In Saiva Siddhanta philosophy, specifically a translation of pasha, the triple bonds of anava, karma and maya. See: anava, karma, maya.