strait-laced
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˌstreɪtˈleɪst/us/ˈstreɪt.leɪst/havingold-fashionedand unchangingmorals,especiallyrelatingtosexualmatters:
(尤指在性问题上)古板的,拘谨的,保守的Thejokeshockedher strait-lacedparents.这个笑话让她古板的父母惊呆了。
Synonyms
priggishdisapproving
primdisapproving
prissydisapproving
puritanical
Old or old-fashioned
- age-old
- ageing
- ancient
- antediluvian
- anti-progressive
- creaky
- fossilization
- fossilize
- fossilized
- frumpy
- fusty
- have hadits/yourdayidiom
- neanderthal
- outdate
- outdated
- outmoded
- outworn
- passé
- vintage
- went out with the arkidiom
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