strait-waistcoat

IPA/stɹˈeɪtwˈeɪstkəʊt/
IPA/stɹˈeɪtwˈeɪstkoʊt/

strait-waistcoat — 名詞

1. a stiff coat with very long sleeves that fasten behind the back, once used to ke

1.名詞C2
釋義

拘束衣

長袖綁於背後、限制手臂的舊式束縛衣

a stiff coat with very long sleeves that fasten behind the back, once used to keep a person from moving their arms — for instance a patient in an old hospital or a prisoner who might turn violent

例句

In the old mental hospital, nurses once locked violent patients into a strait-waistcoat.

在那家舊式精神病院裡,護士曾把暴力的病人鎖進拘束衣中。

collocation: lock someone into a strait-waistcoat

Doctors fastened the long sleeves of the strait-waistcoat tightly behind the man's back.

醫師將拘束衣的長袖在那名男子的背後緊緊綁住。

shows the long sleeves that fasten behind the back

同義詞
  • straitjacket

    the standard modern term; 'strait-waistcoat' is the older British form

  • camisole

    dated term for the same restraining garment, used in the history of psychiatry

用法筆記

Chiefly historical and British; modern English uses 'straitjacket' for the same garment. You will mostly meet 'strait-waistcoat' in older texts, museum labels, or writing about the history of psychiatry.

常見錯誤

The patient was put in a straight-waistcoat.
The patient was put in a strait-waistcoat.
💡the first part is 'strait' (meaning tight or narrow), not 'straight'.