| 单词 | straight-laced |
| 释义 | straight-laced (once / 85032 pages) adj WORD FAMILY straight-laced USAGE EXAMPLESThe story is about a maverick English teacher named John Keating who inspires students at a straight-laced, conformist prep school to follow their dreams. Seattle Times(Nov 30, 2016) When the crowd is expecting his straight-laced friend to freak out, he instead accepts and starts making out with Judah on stage. The Guardian(Sep 29, 2016) The story is about a straight-laced, conformist boys' prep school whose harmony is disturbed when Keating arrives to teach English. US News(Aug 16, 2016) adj exaggeratedly proper Syn priggish, prim, prissy, prudish, puritanical, square-toed, straightlaced, strait-laced, straitlaced, tight-laced, victorian proper marked by suitability or rightness or appropriateness |
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