Strait-laced
a. 固守道德观念的, 拘谨的
📖 牛津释义
strait-laced
adj
(derog 贬) having or showing a very strict attitude to moral questions; prim and proper （在道德问题上）极拘谨的; 一本正经的; 古板的
My old aunts are very strait-laced. 我的老姨妈都很古板.
🧩 词语组成解析
a. 用带子束紧了的, 饰有花边的
🗣️ 情景例句
and shipped it to my children in New York.
运到我孩子那儿去了 他们住在纽约。
The police will never buy that story.
警方绝对不会相信这个说法。
One of the first things Annie did was to teach me how to play.
安妮首先要做的事情之一，就是教我如何耍。