strait-jacket

[streit'dʒækit]

n. 约束衣

vt. 用约束衣约束

英文词源

strait-jacket (n.)

also straitjacket, 1795 as a type of restraint for lunatics, from strait (adj.) + jacket (n.); earlier in same sense was strait-waistcoat (1753). As a verb from 1863. Related: Strait-jacketed.

双语例句

1. He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.

他被指无趣乏味，古板守旧，心胸狭窄。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.

也门完全控制着红海南端的海峡。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.

渡船定时穿越狭窄的海峡驶向海岛。

来自《权威词典》

4. The ship passed through the strait between two islands.

船从两岛之间的海峡穿过.

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

5. The Bering StraIt'separates Asia and America.

白令海峡隔开了亚洲和美洲.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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