stricture
/ˈstrɪktʃə(r)/noun
1
- a restriction on a person or activity限制, 束缚, 约束：
the strictures imposed by the British Board of Film Censors.
由英国电影审查委员会施加的限制。
2
- a sternly critical or censorious remark or instruction指责, 非难; 苛评：
his strictures on their lack of civic virtue.
他对他们缺乏公民道德的指责。
3
- Medicine abnormal narrowing of a canal or duct in the body【医】（人体导管异常的）狭窄：
a colonic stricture
结肠狭窄
mass noun jaundice caused by bile duct stricture.胆管狭窄导致的黄疸。
派生词
strictured
adjective词源
late Middle English (in sense 3)： from Latin strictura, from stringere 'draw tight' （see STRICT）. Another sense of the Latin verb, 'touch lightly', gave rise to sense 2 via an earlier meaning 'incidental remark'.