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单词 strait-laced
释义
strait-laced
also straight-laced also straitlaced
adjective
If you describe someone as strait-laced, you disapprove of them because they have very strict views about what kind of behaviour is moral or acceptable. [disapproval]
He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
Our unconventional behaviour did in fact shock some of our more straitlaced friends.
Synonyms: puritanical, proper, prim, narrow  
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