英文词源
- strait
- strait: [12] Strait was originally an adjective and adverb, meaning ‘narrow’ or ‘tight’. It reached English via Old French estreit ‘narrow, tight’ from Latin strictus (source of English strict). Its use as a noun, ‘narrow waterway’, emerged in the 14th century, and the metaphorical straits ‘difficulties’ is a 16th-century development.
=> strict - strait (n.)
- mid-14c., "narrow, confined space or place," specifically of bodies of water from late 14c., from Old French estreit, estrait "narrow part, pass, defile, narrow passage of water," noun use of adjective (see strait (adj.)). Sense of "difficulty, plight" (usually straits) first recorded 1540s. Strait and narrow "conventional or wisely limited way of life" is recorded from mid-14c. (compare straight (adj.2)).
- strait (adj.)
- "narrow, strict" (late 13c.), from Old French estreit, estrait "tight, close-fitting, constricted, narrow" (Modern French étroit), from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (2) "bind or draw tight" (see strain (v.)). More or less confused with unrelated straight (adj.). Related: Straightly.
中文词源
strait：海峡；困境，窘迫，危难
来源于拉丁语strictus,经由古法语estreit(窄的,紧的)进入英语为strait。
-strict-束缚 → strait狭窄的水道,困难
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：strait 词源，strait 含义。
strait：紧的，狭窄的，困难的，窘迫的
来自古法语 estrait,狭窄的，收缩的，紧的，来自拉丁语 strictus,紧的，过去分词格于 stringere, 拉紧，绑紧，词源同 strain,strict.引申比喻义困难的，窘迫的等。
strait：海峡
由形容词 strait 引申的名词词义。如 Taiwan Strait,台湾海峡。