strait-laced
英 ['streit'leist]
美
- adj. 极拘谨的；固守道德观念的（等于straitlaced）
英文词源
- 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.
双语例句
- 1. Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
- 也门完全控制着红海南端的海峡。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Ferries ply across a narrow strait to the island.
- 渡船定时穿越狭窄的海峡驶向海岛。
来自《权威词典》
- 3. The ship passed through the strait between two islands.
- 船从两岛之间的海峡穿过.
来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
- 4. The Bering StraIt'separates Asia and America.
- 白令海峡隔开了亚洲和美洲.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 5. The Bering Strait parts North America from Asia.
- 白令海峡把北美洲和亚洲分开.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
