straiten
英式音标：straiten怎么读
美式音标：straiten怎么读
近义词： embarrass
straiten词义
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vt. 限制；使…穷困；使…为难vi. 变窄；变紧
straiten英文词源
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- 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.).