distrain

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /dɪˈstɹeɪn/    美 /di-ˈstrān/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To squeeze, press, embrace; to constrain, oppress. obsolete
    — But when he heard her answeres loth, he knew / Some secret sorrow did her heart distraine […]
  2. To force (someone) to do something by seizing their property. obsolete,transitive
    — to distrain a person by his goods and chattels
  3. To seize somebody's property in place of, or to force, payment of a debt. intransitive
  4. To pull off, tear apart. obsolete
    — For that same net so cunningly was wound, / That neither guile, nor force might it distraine.

词形变化

distrains present,singular,third-person distraining participle,present distrained participle,past distrained past

词汇关系

衍生词
distrainable distrainee distrainer distrainment distrainor distraint undistrained

词源

From Middle English distreynen, from Old French destraindre, from Latin distringō (“to pull asunder”), from dis- (“apart”) + stringō (“to draw tight, strain”).
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