单词 | straiten |
释义 | straiten /strayt"n/, v.t. 1. to put into difficulties, esp. financial ones: His obligations had straitened him. 2. to restrict in range, extent, amount, pecuniary means, etc: Poverty straitens one's way of living. 3. Archaic. a. to make narrow. b. to confine within narrow limits. [1515-25; STRAIT + -EN1] |
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