Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - straitjacket
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Straitjacket
straitjacket
(straitjackets) 1. A straitjacket is a special jacket used to tie the arms of a violent person tightly around their body. N-COUNT 2. If you describe an idea or a situation as a straitjacket, you mean that it is very limited and restricting. The national curriculum must be a guide, not a straitjacket. N-COUNT
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1.
1. смирительная рубашка to put smb. into a straitjacket, to put a straitjacket on smb. —- надеть на кого-л. смирительную рубашку 2. что-л. стесняющее развитие, движение и т. п.; оковы, путы ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
2.
, straightjacket ~ n 1 a special piece of clothing that is used to control the movements of someone who is mentally ill and violent 2 something such as a law or set of ideas that puts unfair limits on someone (the straitjacket of censorship) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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