straiten
英 ['streɪt(ə)n]
美
- vt. 限制；使…穷困；使…为难
- vi. 变窄；变紧
词态变化
第三人称单数: straitens;过去式: straitened;过去分词: straitened;现在分词: straitening;
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.).