单词 | straint |
释义 | straint rare.|streɪnt| [Partly a. OF. estrainte, estreinte (mod.F. étreinte), n. of action f. étreindre to strain; partly a nonce-formation, after restraint, constraint, to serve as a n. to strain v.] Application of force or pressure.
1534Prymer in Engl. O v, When we are driuen to suche an harde straynte [1538 straynt] that we can not tel what to do. 1596Spenser F.Q. v. ii. 14 Sir Artegall..Vppon his iron coller griped fast, That with the straint his wesand nigh he brast. a1876G. Dawson Shaks. & other Lect. (1888) 304 Friendship..is above the straints and restraints of destiny. |

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