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.
雙語例句
1. He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.
他被指無趣乏味，古板守舊，心胸狹窄。
來自柯林斯例句
2. Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
也門完全控制著紅海南端的海峽。
來自柯林斯例句
3. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
渡船定時(shí)穿越狹窄的海峽駛向海島。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
4. The ship passed through the strait between two islands.