英语词汇“too strait”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Scanty or inadequate in spatial capacity; affording little room; narrow. Of bounds, limits: Narrow. Now rare except in too strait.

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the world > space > [adjective] > confined, restricted, or insufficiently spacious

narroweOE

straitc1290

unwidea1400

scanta1533

angust1540

roomless1548

pinched?1567

niggard1595

strict1598

straitened1602

pinching1607

incommodious1615

incapacious1635

over-strait1645

straiteninga1652

cramp1786

bottleneck1854

cramped1884

tight1937

claustrophobic1946

claustrophobe1954

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent

narroweOE

straitc1290

scarce1297

scanta1533

pinched?1567

strict1598

thrifty1601

straitened1602

scanty1701

scrimped?c1716

pookit1818

poky1828

postage-stamp-sized1852

poking1864

boxy1870

pocket handkerchief1910

postage stamp1937

c1290 St. Brendan 255 in S. Eng. Leg. 226 A luytel hauene and swyþe streit huy founden atþe laste. Þat vnneþes heore schip miȝte þerinne come, Aunker for to caste.

c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. met. ii. 68 Brid þat syngiþ..in þe wode and after is inclosed in a streit cage.

c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 202 Myn hous is streyt.

1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 18076 By large mesure I can byen, and streight mesure I sell ageyn.

c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 762 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 172 He sa sted wes..þat he mycht nothire syt no ly; sa strate to hyme wes þat herbry.

1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. qq.ii Where as somtyme we were spredde almoost thorugh the worlde, now we be thrast downe in to a very streyght augyll or corner.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. vj^v The kynge was goynge to horsebacke, because he would leaue the lodgyng for them, for it was to straight for bothe the compaignies.

1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 4 Portugall was then obscure, vntilled, poore, and reduced into streight limits.

a1659 R. Brownrig 65 Serm. (1674) I. vii. 101 The Sun is made for the World, not for any streighter Region.

1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 332 Within the streight Bounds of that small Vessel.

1724 Bp. T. Wilson in J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. II (1863) ii. 625 Because of a very numerous family..for which the vicarage-house was too strait.

1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 490/2 Where the space is straitest, the earth moves more slowly than where it is widest.

1839 E. B. Browning Sabbath Morning ix Too strait ye are, capacious seas, To satisfy the loving!

1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar v. 41 The hunting and pasture grounds were too strait for the numbers crowded into them.

figurative.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 54 Þo þet libbeþ be fisike: hy healdeþ þe mesure of ypocras þet is lite an strait.1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect To Rdr. sig. A3 Any thing stranger than ordinary, is too large for the straite hoopes of his apprehension.1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 19 But in how straight a compass soever they have bounded their Plots and Characters, we will pass it by, if they have regularly pursued them.1787 Smith's Printer's Gram. (new ed.) 21 It is therefore to be wished that the intermixing Roman and Italic may be brought to straighter limits.1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iii. 35 One may..have reached in some single department..the furthest limits of his predecessors' knowledge, and found them too strait for him.

单词	too strait
释义	> as lemmas too strait a. Scanty or inadequate in spatial capacity; affording little room; narrow. Of bounds, limits: Narrow. Now rare except in too strait. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > confined, restricted, or insufficiently spacious narroweOE straitc1290 unwidea1400 scanta1533 angust1540 roomless1548 pinched?1567 niggard1595 strict1598 straitened1602 pinching1607 incommodious1615 incapacious1635 over-strait1645 straiteninga1652 cramp1786 bottleneck1854 cramped1884 tight1937 claustrophobic1946 claustrophobe1954 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > smallness > [adjective] > of small or scanty extent narroweOE straitc1290 scarce1297 scanta1533 pinched?1567 strict1598 thrifty1601 straitened1602 scanty1701 scrimped?c1716 pookit1818 poky1828 postage-stamp-sized1852 poking1864 boxy1870 pocket handkerchief1910 postage stamp1937 c1290 St. Brendan 255 in S. Eng. Leg. 226 A luytel hauene and swyþe streit huy founden atþe laste. Þat vnneþes heore schip miȝte þerinne come, Aunker for to caste. c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. (1868) iii. met. ii. 68 Brid þat syngiþ..in þe wode and after is inclosed in a streit cage. c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Reeve's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 202 Myn hous is streyt. 1426 J. Lydgate tr. G. de Guileville Pilgrimage Life Man 18076 By large mesure I can byen, and streight mesure I sell ageyn. c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 762 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 172 He sa sted wes..þat he mycht nothire syt no ly; sa strate to hyme wes þat herbry. 1508 J. Fisher Treat. Penyt. Psalmes sig. qq.ii Where as somtyme we were spredde almoost thorugh the worlde, now we be thrast downe in to a very streyght augyll or corner. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Edward V f. vj^v The kynge was goynge to horsebacke, because he would leaue the lodgyng for them, for it was to straight for bothe the compaignies. 1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 4 Portugall was then obscure, vntilled, poore, and reduced into streight limits. a1659 R. Brownrig 65 Serm. (1674) I. vii. 101 The Sun is made for the World, not for any streighter Region. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 332 Within the streight Bounds of that small Vessel. 1724 Bp. T. Wilson in J. Keble Life T. Wilson: Pt. II (1863) ii. 625 Because of a very numerous family..for which the vicarage-house was too strait. 1797 Encycl. Brit. II. 490/2 Where the space is straitest, the earth moves more slowly than where it is widest. 1839 E. B. Browning Sabbath Morning ix Too strait ye are, capacious seas, To satisfy the loving! 1879 J. A. Froude Cæsar v. 41 The hunting and pasture grounds were too strait for the numbers crowded into them. figurative.1340 Ayenbite (1866) 54 Þo þet libbeþ be fisike: hy healdeþ þe mesure of ypocras þet is lite an strait.1634 W. Wood New Englands Prospect To Rdr. sig. A3 Any thing stranger than ordinary, is too large for the straite hoopes of his apprehension.1668 J. Dryden Of Dramatick Poesie 19 But in how straight a compass soever they have bounded their Plots and Characters, we will pass it by, if they have regularly pursued them.1787 Smith's Printer's Gram. (new ed.) 21 It is therefore to be wished that the intermixing Roman and Italic may be brought to straighter limits.1875 W. D. Whitney Life & Growth Lang. iii. 35 One may..have reached in some single department..the furthest limits of his predecessors' knowledge, and found them too strait for him. extracted from straitadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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