Straiten

['streɪt(ə)n]

解释:

(verb.) squeeze together.

(verb.) bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship.

以利沙整理--From WordNet

解释:

(v. t.) To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.

(v. t.) To make tense, or tight; to tighten.

(v. t.) To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.

整理:帕斯夸里

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Confine, limit, constrict, contract.[2]. Stretch, straighten, make tight or tense.[3]. Distress, perplex, pinch, embarrass, oppress.

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