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straight-laced

adjective
🔊/ˌstreɪt ˈleɪst/
🔊/ˌstreɪt ˈleɪst/
(also strait-laced)
(disapproving)
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  1. having strict or old-fashioned ideas about people’s moral behaviour（在道德行为上）拘谨保守的，古板的Topics Personal qualitiesc2