tight-laced

• 过时的形容词，形容一个人在道德或社会行为上非常严格、严厉或固执，常含拘谨守旧、道貌岸然之意。

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who is very strict, severe, or rigid in moral or social behavior.

1. Exaggeratedly properC1informal

   Strictly adhering to conventional moral or social standards, often in an overly rigid or prudish manner.

   古板拘谨的

   • Her tight-laced attitude made her uncomfortable at the casual party.
   • He comes from a tight-laced family that frowns upon any form of fun.
   • The tight-laced rules of the old school were finally relaxed.

   同义词priggishprimproperprudishpuritanicalstrait-lacedstuffy

   反义词broad-mindedfreelaxliberallooseopen-mindedpermissiveunconventional