straintn.

/streɪnt/

Etymology: Partly < Old French estrainte, estreinte (modern French étreinte ), noun of action < étreindre to strain v.¹; partly a nonce-formation, after restraint, constraint, to serve as a noun to strain v.¹

rare.

Application of force or pressure.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > oppression, persecution, or affliction > overpowering pressure of an adverse force

stressc1400

distress1485

thrust1513

straint1534

heft1587

pinchc1594

rack1806

pend1823

water stress1991

1534 Prymer in Eng. O v When we are driuen to suche an harde straynte [1538 straynt] that we can not tel what to do.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N4^v Sir Artegall..Vppon his iron coller griped fast, That with the straint his wesand nigh he brast.

a1876 G. Dawson Shaks. & Other Lect. (1888) 304 Friendship..is above the straints and restraints of destiny.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	straint
释义	straintn. /streɪnt/ Etymology: Partly < Old French estrainte, estreinte (modern French étreinte ), noun of action < étreindre to strain v.¹; partly a nonce-formation, after restraint, constraint, to serve as a noun to strain v.¹ rare. Application of force or pressure. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > oppression, persecution, or affliction > overpowering pressure of an adverse force stressc1400 distress1485 thrust1513 straint1534 heft1587 pinchc1594 rack1806 pend1823 water stress1991 1534 Prymer in Eng. O v When we are driuen to suche an harde straynte [1538 straynt] that we can not tel what to do. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. N4^v Sir Artegall..Vppon his iron coller griped fast, That with the straint his wesand nigh he brast. View more context for this quotation a1876 G. Dawson Shaks. & Other Lect. (1888) 304 Friendship..is above the straints and restraints of destiny. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1534
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