单词 | straitjacket |
释义 | strait·jack·et also straight·jack·et ![]() n. 1. A long-sleeved jacketlike garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent patient or prisoner. 2. Something that restricts, hinders, or confines: the straitjacket of bureaucratic paperwork. tr.v. strait·jack·et·ed, strait·jack·et·ing, strait·jack·ets also straight·jack·et·ed or straight·jack·et·ing or straight·jack·ets To restrain, restrict, or hinder by or as if by confining in a straitjacket. |
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