straiten

英 ['streɪt(ə)n] 美
  • vt. 限制；使…穷困；使…为难
  • vi. 变窄；变紧
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英文词源

straiten (v.)
1520s (transitive) "to restrict, make narrow," from strait (adj.) + -en (1). Related: straitened; straitening. Earlier verb was simply strait "to make narrow" (early 15c.).