Strait-jacket

[医] 约束衣

📖 牛津释义

strait-jacket n 1 strong jacket-like garment put on a violent person (esp one who is mentally ill) to stop him struggling by restricting the arms 约束衣(尤指束缚精神病患者手臂用的).2 (fig derog 比喻, 贬) thing that stops growth or development 妨碍生长或发展的事物; 束缚; 约束; 限制 the strait-jacket of repressive taxation 苛捐杂税的桎梏. strait-jacket, v [Tn] 1 put a strait-jacket on (sb) 给(某人)穿约束衣. 2 (fig 比喻) restrict the growth or development of (sth) 限制(某事物)的生长或发展; 束缚(某事物) feel strait-jacketed by poverty 感到受贫困掣肘 feel strait-jacketed by the lack of government subsidy 因缺少政府补贴而感到捉襟见肘.

🧩 词语组成解析

strait [stret]
n. 海峡;(常用pl.)窘迫,困境;危难; adj. 困难的,窘迫的;<古>狭窄的;严格的;
strait(draw tight)→狭窄的;海峡;狭窄处
jacket ['dʒækɪt]
n. 短上衣,夹克;土豆皮;书籍的护封;文件套,公文夹; vt. 给…穿夹克;给…装护套;给…包上护封;〈口〉打;

🗣️ 情景例句

Pete Waters, RFD Number 1, Chesterton.
Pete Waters, Chesterton乡村免费邮递路 一号。
I'm hoping to go to China.
我希望去中国。[两次疯狂张嘴,现金次舀水动作]
Thus one simple fact, a change in the number of bison, had an effect on the whole wildlife chain of the plains.
因此,出现了这样一个简单的事实--野牛数目换的变化对平原的整个野生生物链都产生了影响。
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stratum 'stretəm
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