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strapped

/strapt/US // stræpt //UK // (stræpt) //

捆绑的,捆绑式,捆绑式的,捆绑

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : needy; wanting: The company is rather strapped for funds.

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Examples

  • As I drove away from our ranch that day, too nervous to wait for the formal evacuation order to come, I found myself in a line of cars doing the very same, belongings strapped to their roofs.

  • For 2,200 miles, with 20 pounds or so strapped to my back, I reinforced the muscles that had always made me bowlegged, my feet aimed toward ten and two from Georgia to Maine.

  • Folded in half, the Monopod can simply be tossed into a pack’s water-bottle pocket or easily strapped to its exterior.

  • Essential workers in particular are being forced to make difficult choices about their children’s care — many essential-worker jobs are lower wage — and many child care providers are in strapped situations.

  • However, the Air Force is so strapped for people that the ratio has dropped below even that reduced level.

  • A burly Belgian, strapped with grenades and ammunition, towered above them.

  • These days cash-strapped Italy is handing out restoration initiatives to just about anyone willing to pay the bill.

  • They threw off their bags of crops and strapped him to the back.

  • Strapped for medical staff and lacking in the resources needed to treat the 5,338 suspected cases, the numbers are soaring.

  • He wore an olive green coat, yellow waistcoat, and light grey trousers, strapped over his boots.

  • The few necessities the girls were taking were rolled in slickers and strapped behind their saddles.

  • Mark's preparations were soon made, but the roll which he strapped behind his saddle was much larger than he generally took.

  • When Chloe was a babe strapped on her mother's shoulders, they were stolen from Africa and packed in a ship.

  • He leaned weakly against the table to which I was strapped, his eyes on mine glazing over with death.