straiten
v.
1520s (transitive) "to restrict, make narrow," from strait, adj. + -en(1). Related: straitened; straitening. Earlier verb was simply strait "to make narrow" (early 15c.).
| 词汇 | straiten | 
| 词根词缀 | Online Etymology Dictionary straiten v. 1520s (transitive) "to restrict, make narrow," from strait, adj. + -en(1). Related: straitened; straitening. Earlier verb was simply strait "to make narrow" (early 15c.). | 
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