释义 |
conˈstrainer rare. [f. constrain v. + -er1.] One who constrains.
1382Wyclif Ex. v. 10 The maystris of werkis and the constreyners [L. exactores]. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) I. 71 The natural free spirits of ingenious men, if imprison'd and controul'd..will be glad at any rate to vent themselves, and be reveng'd on their constrainers. |