strait
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(archaic)Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.
1894, Ernest Dowson, “To One in Bedlam” in The Second Book of The Rhymers’ Club, London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, p. 35, Those scentless wisps of straw, that miserably line His strait, caged universe, whereat the dull world stares, Pedant and pitiful.
- 2.
(archaic)Righteous, strict.
to follow the strait and narrow
- 3.
(obsolete)Tight; close; tight-fitting.
- 4.
(obsolete)Close; intimate; near; familiar.
- 5.
(obsolete)Difficult; distressful.
18th c., Thomas Secker, Sermons on Several Subjects, 2nd edition, 1771, Volume III, Sermon XI, p. 253, But to make your strait Circumstances yet straiter, for the Sake of idle Gratifications, and distress yourselves in Necessaries, only to indulge in Trifles and Vanities, delicate Food, shewish Dress, ensnaring Diversions, is every Way wrong.
- 6.
(obsolete)Parsimonious; stingy; mean.
- 7.
(alt of, obsolete)Obsolete spelling of straight, now a misspelling of straight.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.
the Strait of Gibraltar
- 2.
A narrow pass, passage or street.
- 3.
A neck of land; an isthmus.
- 4.
(in plural, often)(often in the plural) A difficult position.
to be in dire straits
1684, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 420, […] let no man, who owns the Belief of a Providence, grow desperate or forlorn, under any Calamity or Strait whatsoever […]
Động từ
verb- 1.
(obsolete, transitive)To confine; put to difficulties.
- 2.
(obsolete, transitive)To tighten.
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(obsolete)Strictly; rigorously.
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From Middle English streit, from Old French estreit (modern form étroit), from Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō (compress, tighten). stretto strict.