strait-jacket

英 [st'reɪtdʒ'ækɪt]      美 [st'reɪtdʒ'ækɪt]
  • n. 约束衣
  • vt. 用约束衣约束
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strait-jacket (n.)
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.
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。
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。
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。
4. The ship passed through the strait between two islands.
船从两岛之间的海峡穿过.
5. The Bering StraIt'separates Asia and America.
白令海峡隔开了亚洲和美洲.