strait-laced
英['streit'leist]
美
- adj. 極拘謹的；固守道德觀念的（等于straitlaced）
英文詞源
- strait-laced (adj.)
- early 15c., of stays or bodices, "made close and tight;" see strait (adj.) + lace (v.). Figurative sense of "over-precise, prudish, strict in manners or morals" is from 1550s.
雙語例句
- 1. Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
- 也門完全控制著紅海南端的海峽。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
- 渡船定時穿越狹窄的海峽駛向海島。
來自《權威詞典》
- 3. The ship passed through the strait between two islands.
- 船從兩島之間的海峽穿過.
來自《現代英漢綜合大詞典》
- 4. The Bering StraIt'separates Asia and America.
- 白令海峽隔開了亞洲和美洲.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. The Bering Strait parts North America from Asia.
- 白令海峽把北美洲和亞洲分開.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》