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strait·en /ˈstretṇ/
(vt.)使為難,使窮困,限制
Strait·en v. t. [imp. & p. p. Straitened p. pr. & vb. n. Straitening.]
1. To make strait; to make narrow; hence, to contract; to confine.
Waters, when straitened, as at the falls of bridges, give a roaring noise. --Bacon.
In narrow circuit, straitened by a foe. --Milton.
2. To make tense, or tight; to tighten.
They straiten at each end the cord. --Pope.
3. To restrict; to distress or embarrass in respect of means or conditions of life; -- used chiefly in the past participle; -- as, a man straitened in his circumstances.
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