| 词组 | straitjacket, straitlaced, straightjacket, straight-laced |
| 释义 | straitjacket, straitlaced, straightjacket, straight-laced The original and still the usual spellings are straitjacket and straitlaced: • ... this would put a straitjacket on industrial progress — Times Literary Supp., 23 June 1972 • ... he's inclined to be rather straitlaced —Rosemary Brown, Ladies' Home Jour., September 1971 But straightjacket and straightlaced are also in common use: • ... loosening a few strings of the economic straight-jacket —John Fischer, Harper's, July 1972 • ... showed up at a straight-laced ... church —Dennis Farney, Wall Street Jour., 12 Nov. 1981 The straight- spellings originated as errors, and they are still regarded as errors by many people. Because of their common occurrence in reputable publications, however, they are recognized as standard variants in almost all current dictionaries. |
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