straiten

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How to pronounce straiten in British English: 英 ['streɪtn]word uk audio image

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  • Verb:
    squeeze together

单词词源

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.).

双语例句

1. Your going to go down and straiten out those chair people .
2. Cursed be the gold that gilds the straiten 'd forehead of the fool !

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