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单词 straitjacket
释义 straitjacket
 /strayt"jak'it/,  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-jacket.
  3. to put in or as in a straitjacket: Her ambition was straitjacketed by her family. Also, straightjacket.
 [1805-15; STRAIT + JACKET]
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