also straitjacket, 1795 as a type of restraint for lunatics, from strait (adj.) + jacket (n.); earlier in same sense was strait-waistcoat (1753). As a verb from 1863. Related: Strait-jacketed.
双语例句
1. He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
他被指无趣乏味，古板守旧，心胸狭窄。
来自柯林斯例句
2. Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
也门完全控制着红海南端的海峡。
来自柯林斯例句
3. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
渡船定时穿越狭窄的海峡驶向海岛。
来自《权威词典》
4. The ship passed through the strait between two islands.
