strait-laced
英 ['streit'leist]
美
- adj. 极拘谨的；固守道德观念的（等于straitlaced）
近义词
prim
英英释义
- 1. exaggeratedly proper;
- "my straitlaced Aunt Anna doesn't approve of my miniskirts"
实用场景例句
- 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。
柯林斯例句
- My old aunts are very strait - laced.
- 我的老姨妈都很古板.
辞典例句
- I couldn't tell that joke to my wife's parents because they are too strait - laced.
- 我不能把那个笑话讲给我的 岳 父母听,因为他们太正统了.
互联网
- The show is delightful because of its contrast to the dreariness of modern, strait - laced office life.
- 这部美剧让人感到愉悦,因为它与刻板的现代职场生活大相径庭.
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双语例句
- 1. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
- 渡船定时穿越狭窄的海峡驶向海岛。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The ship passed through the strait between two islands.
- 船从两岛之间的海峡穿过.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. The Bering StraIt'separates Asia and America.
- 白令海峡隔开了亚洲和美洲.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The Bering Strait parts North America from Asia.
- 白令海峡把北美洲和亚洲分开.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
英文词源
- strait-laced (adj.)
- 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.