| 单词 | stricture |
| 释义 | stricture[ strik-cher ] / ˈstrɪk tʃər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR stricture ON THESAURUS.COM nouna remark or comment, especially an adverse criticism: The reviewer made several strictures upon the author's style. an abnormal contraction of any passage or duct of the body. Phonetics. a constriction of airflow in the vocal tract in the production of speech. a restriction. Archaic. the act of enclosing or binding tightly. Obsolete. strictness. Origin of stricture1350–1400; Middle English <Late Latin strictūra tightening, equivalent to Latin strict(us) (see strict) + -ūra-ure OTHER WORDS FROM stricturestrictured, adjectivenon·stric·tured, adjectiveWords nearby stricturestrict, striction, strictly, strictly decreasing function, strictly increasing function, stricture, stricturotomy, stride, strident, stride piano, stridor Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for strictureBritish Dictionary definitions for stricturestricture / (ˈstrɪktʃə) / nouna severe criticism; censure pathol an abnormal constriction of a tubular organ, structure, or part obsolete severity Derived forms of stricturestrictured, adjectiveWord Origin for strictureC14: from Latin strictūra contraction; see strict Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for stricturestricture [ strĭk′chər ] n.A circumscribed narrowing of a hollow structure. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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