handcuff

verb
🔊/ˈhændkʌf/
🔊/ˈhændkʌf/
[usually passive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they handcuff
🔊/ˈhændkʌf/
🔊/ˈhændkʌf/
he / she / it handcuffs
🔊/ˈhændkʌfs/
🔊/ˈhændkʌfs/
past simple handcuffed
🔊/ˈhændkʌft/
🔊/ˈhændkʌft/
past participle handcuffed
🔊/ˈhændkʌft/
🔊/ˈhændkʌft/
-ing form handcuffing
🔊/ˈhændkʌfɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhændkʌfɪŋ/
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  1. to put handcuffs on somebody or to fasten somebody to something/somebody with handcuffs用手铐铐住(某人);把(某人)铐在(某物或某人)上
    • be handcuffed (+ adv./prep.) Her hands were handcuffed behind her back.她的双手被反剪铐住。
    • be handcuffed to somebody/something He was handcuffed to a policeman.他被戴上了警察的手铐。
    • handcuff somebody/yourself to somebody/something Protesters handcuffed themselves to the railings.抗议者将他们自己铐在栏杆上。
    Topics Law and justicec2, Crime and punishmentc2