單詞
strait-jacket
[streit'd??kit]
基本信息
- n. 約束衣
- vt. 用約束衣約束
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
- 他被指無趣乏味，古板守舊，心胸狹窄。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
- 也門完全控制著紅海南端的海峽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
- 渡船定時穿越狹窄的海峽駛向海島。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. The ship passed through the strait between two islands.
- 船從兩島之間的海峽穿過.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 5. The Bering StraIt'separates Asia and America.
- 白令海峽隔開了亞洲和美洲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
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