| 单词 | strait |
| 释义 | strait n. & adj. --n 1. (in sing. or pl.) a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large bodies of water. 2. (usu. in pl.) difficulty, trouble, or distress (usu. in dire or desperate straits). --adj archaic 1 narrow, limited; confined or confining. 2. strict or rigorous. Phrases and idioms strait-laced severely virtuous; morally scrupulous; puritanical. Derivatives straitly adv. straitness n. Etymology: ME streit f. OF estreit tight, narrow f. L strictus STRICT |
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