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首页英语词典straitenstraiten的意思

straiten

英 ['streɪt(ə)n] 美

straiten的意思英英释义

近义词embarrass

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.).