straiten

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To make strait; to narrow or confine to a smaller space.
    — The channel straitened the river through the town, made it flow faster, and caused more flooding upstream.
  2. To restrict or diminish, especially financially.
    — And the reason why Birds are Oviparous and lay Eggs, but do not bring forth their yong alive, is, because there might be more plenty of them also, and that neither the Birds of prey, the Serpent nor the Fowler, should streighten their generations too much.
  3. Misspelling of straighten. alt-of,misspelling

词形变化

straitens present,singular,third-person straitening participle,present straitened participle,past straitened past streighten alternative

词汇关系

近义词
restrain narrow straiten
反义词
widen
下位词
taper
衍生词
enstraiten
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