early 15c., of stays or bodices, "made close and tight;" see strait (adj.) + lace (v.). Figurative sense of "over-precise, prudish, strict in manners or morals" is from 1550s.
雙語例句
1. 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
2. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
渡船定時穿越狹窄的海峽駛向海島。
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
3. The ship passed through the strait between two islands.
船從兩島之間的海峽穿過.
來自《現(xiàn)代英漢綜合大詞典》
4. The Bering StraIt'separates Asia and America.
白令海峽隔開了亞洲和美洲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. The Bering Strait parts North America from Asia.