straitjacket

['streɪtdʒækɪt] [ˈstretˌdʒækɪt]
  • 复数:straitjackets;
  • 相关单词 put in a straitjacket
    例句
    柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
    • N-COUNT
      (用以约束行为狂暴者的)约束服,紧身衣
      A straitjacket is a special jacket used to tie the arms of a violent person tightly around their body.
      例句
      Occasionally his behavior became so uncontrollable that he had to be placed in a straitjacket. 他的行为偶尔会变得如此失控,不得不给他穿上约束服。
    • N-COUNT
      约束;桎梏;束缚
      If you describe an idea or a situation as a straitjacket, you mean that it is very limited and restricting.
      例句
      The national curriculum must be a guide, not a straitjacket. 国家课程设置必须是指导性的,而不是约束性的。 ...the ideological straitjacket of religious fundamentalism. 原教旨主义对意识形态的束缚
    英英词典释义
    • Noun
      1. anything immaterial that severely hinders or confines;
      "they defected because Russian dance was in a straitjacket""the government is operating in an economic straitjacket"
      2. a jacket-like garment used to bind the arms tightly against the body as a means of restraining a violent person
    行业词典
    • 医学: 约束衣:为束缚狂暴骚扰者的四肢尤其是上臂而设计的;