单词 | straitjacket |
释义 | straitjacket/ˈstreɪtdʒakɪt![]() (also straightjacket) noun 1A strong garment with long sleeves which can be tied together to confine the arms of a violent prisoner or mental patient.And we were taken to be strapped together in an all-in-one straitjacket....
1.1A severe restriction on freedom of action, development, or expression: the government is operating in an economic straitjacket...
verb (straitjackets, straitjacketing, straitjacketed) [with object] 1Restrain with a straitjacket.We have been locked in seclusion, placed in restraints, chemically and physically straitjacketed, lobotomized, shocked and beaten because we protested too much....
1.1Impose severely restrictive measures on (a person or activity): the treaty should not be used as a tool to straitjacket international trade...
UsageSee strait-laced (usage) |
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