straitenvt.
英 'streɪt(ə)n | 美
中文vt. 限制；使…穷困；使…为难\nvi. 变窄；变紧
限制；使…穷困；使…为难
vi. 变窄；变紧
词根词源
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.).
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