straiten的意思

straiten

基本解释

vt. 限制；使…穷困；使…为难

vi. 变窄；变紧

英文词源

straiten (v.): 1520s (transitive) "to restrict, make narrow," from strait (adj.) + -en (1). Related: straitened; straitening. Earlier verb was simply strait "to make narrow" (early 15c.).

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