straiten
英 ['streɪt(ə)n]
美
- vt. 限制；使…穷困；使…为难
- vi. 变窄；变紧
近义词
embarrass
英英释义
- 1. squeeze together
英文词源
- 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.).