Strait-laced

a. 固守道德观念的, 拘谨的

📖 牛津释义

strait-laced adj (derog 贬) having or showing a very strict attitude to moral questions; prim and proper (在道德问题上)极拘谨的; 一本正经的; 古板的 My old aunts are very strait-laced. 我的老姨妈都很古板.

🧩 词语组成解析

strait [stret]
n. 海峡;(常用pl.)窘迫,困境;危难; adj. 困难的,窘迫的;<古>狭窄的;严格的;
strait(draw tight)→狭窄的;海峡;狭窄处
laced
a. 用带子束紧了的, 饰有花边的

🗣️ 情景例句

Yes. I'd like that.
要啊!我想看一看。
We are delighted to know that you deal with export of Chinese chinaware. Could you supply us 300 sets of tableware for shipment before the end of May?
欣悉你方是中国瓷器出口商。能否给我方供应300套餐具,五月底前交货。
chasms wider than the Grand Canyon and at least one mountain more than twice as tall as Everest.
比大峡谷还宽的裂缝,起码有一座山有珠穆朗玛峰的近两倍高。
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