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单词 straitjacket
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
strait•jack•et or straight•jack•et /ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a garment made of strong material, often strapped in the back, designed to keep the arms tightly bound:The attendants put the violently deranged man in a straitjacket.
  2. anything that severely constricts or prevents (one) from progress, activity, or the like:High interest rates are a straitjacket on the economy.

v. [~ + object]
  1. to put in or as if in a straitjacket:The government straitjacketed any expression of free thought.
See -strain-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
strait•jack•et  (strāt′jak′it),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a garment made of strong material and designed to bind the arms, as of a violently disoriented person.
  2. anything that severely confines, constricts, or hinders:Conventional attitudes can be a straitjacket, preventing original thinking.

v.t. Also, strait′-jack′et. 
  1. to put in or as in a straitjacket:Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family.Also, straightjacket. 
  • strait + jacket 1805–15

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
straitjacket /ˈstreɪtˌdʒækɪt/ n
  1. Also called: straightjacket a jacket made of strong canvas material with long sleeves for binding the arms of violent prisoners or mentally ill patients
  2. a severe restriction or limitation
 vb
  1. (transitive) to confine in or as if in a straitjacket
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