strait

英[stre?t] 美[stret]

反義詞wide broad

復數:?straits;

strait 緊的，狹窄的，困難的，窘迫的

來自古法語 estrait,狹窄的，收縮的，緊的，來自拉丁語 strictus,緊的，過去分詞格于 stringere, 拉緊，綁緊，詞源同 strain,strict.引申比喻義困難的，窘迫的等。

strait 海峽

由形容詞 strait 引申的名詞詞義。如 Taiwan Strait,臺灣海峽。

strait: strait: [12] Strait was originally an adjective and adverb, meaning ‘narrow’ or ‘tight’. It reached English via Old French estreit ‘narrow, tight’ from Latin strictus (source of English strict). Its use as a noun, ‘narrow waterway’, emerged in the 14th century, and the metaphorical straits ‘difficulties’ is a 16th-century development.
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strait (n.): mid-14c., "narrow, confined space or place," specifically of bodies of water from late 14c., from Old French estreit, estrait "narrow part, pass, defile, narrow passage of water," noun use of adjective (see strait (adj.)). Sense of "difficulty, plight" (usually straits) first recorded 1540s. Strait and narrow "conventional or wisely limited way of life" is recorded from mid-14c. (compare straight (adj.2)).
strait (adj.): "narrow, strict" (late 13c.), from Old French estreit, estrait "tight, close-fitting, constricted, narrow" (Modern French étroit), from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (2) "bind or draw tight" (see strain (v.)). More or less confused with unrelated straight (adj.). Related: Straightly.

1. He was criticised for being boring, strait-laced and narrow-minded.: 他被指無趣乏味，古板守舊，心胸狹窄。

2. 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。