| 单词 | straiten |
| 释义 | strait·en transitive verb 1. a. < straitened the bed of the river with high embankments > b. < the arable land was straitened between the mountains and the sea > 2. a. archaic b. < the decision of the court straitened the range of his authority > < such experiences … straiten the mind — Osbert Sitwell > 3. a. < a man straitened by misfortune > b. < I am rather straitened in time — William Cowper > c. < straitening himself to keep up appearances > < old people living in straitened circumstances > 4. obsolete a. b. intransitive verb |
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