| 单词 | straitening |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈstraitening ˈstraitening n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > [noun] > cause of > action of causing afflictionc1330 visitationc1380 grievinga1398 inflictiona1535 straiting1591 straitening1598 the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > breadth or width > lack of breadth or narrowness > [noun] > narrowing straiting1421 straitening1598 angustiation1638 angustation1663 narrowing1769 strangulation1882 necking1921 neckdown1984 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 231 After that is Grubstreete, more then halfe thereof to the straightning of the streete. 1646 H. Peake Medit. upon Seige 130 When a fort or Garrison cannot be gotten neither by treatie, nor by streightning, the last attempt is commonly by storming. 1692 J. Locke Some Considerations Lowering Interest 115 The Landed Man finds himself aggrieved, by the falling of his Rents, and the streightning of his Fortune. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. i. 21 The nice balance between the straitening of effort or enthusiasm on the one hand, and vainly casting it away upon the other. ˈstraitening ˈstraitening adj. †straitening circumstances (obsolete) = straitened circumstances. ΘΚΠ the world > space > [adjective] > confined, restricted, or insufficiently spacious narroweOE straitc1290 unwidea1400 scanta1533 angust1540 roomless1548 pinched?1567 niggard1595 strict1598 straitened1602 pinching1607 incommodious1615 incapacious1635 over-strait1645 straiteninga1652 cramp1786 bottleneck1854 cramped1884 tight1937 claustrophobic1946 claustrophobe1954 the world > action or operation > difficulty > hindrance > restriction of free action > [adjective] strangling1606 straiteninga1652 fettery1654 cramp1786 cramping1788 astricting1837 strait-jacketing1950 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > [adjective] > producing or allowing decrease reductive1633 straiteninga1652 diminishing1665 diminutive1677 remissive1686 society > authority > subjection > restraint or restraining > restriction or limitation > [adjective] > of free action strangling1606 straiteninga1652 fettery1654 cramp1786 cramping1788 astricting1837 strait-jacketing1950 a1652 J. Smith Select Disc. (1660) ix. viii. 432 Separating them from those circumstantiating and streightning conditions of Time and Place. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 70 Nor obvious Hill, Nor streit'ning Vale,..nor Stream divides Thir perfet ranks. View more context for this quotation a1732 T. Boston Crook in Lot (1805) 17 Providence..keeps them still in straitening circumstances. 1751 in J. J. Vernon Parish of Hawick (1900) 189 In case..his Widow should be reduced to straitning circumstances. 1788 D. Gilson Serm. Pract. Subj. xvii. 498 They ardently long to be removed to that state themselves, where the straitening ties of sense, or corporeal relation, shall cease to hamper or keep down the soul. < as lemmas |
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