1. abnormal narrowing of a bodily canal or passageway

2. severe criticism

1.指摘;非难;反对
You can usestrictures to refer to severe criticism or disapproval of something.

e.g. ...Mencken's strictures on the 1920s, with its self-righteous prohibition on alcohol and unconventional ideas...
门肯对19世纪20年代自以为是的禁酒令和对非传统思想的禁锢的指摘
e.g. This satirical address was a thinly disguisedstricture against the doctrine of the rights of man.
这一充满讽刺意味的演说几乎是对人权主义不加掩饰的指责。

2.限制;约束;束缚
You can refer to things that limit what you can do asstrictures of a particular kind.

e.g. Your goals are hindered by financial strictures.
你的目标受制于经济困难。
e.g. ...the power of the imagination to subdue the strictures of daily life.
缓解日常生活束缚的想象力

1. 狭窄：之后更严重者可能会形成食道狭窄(stricture),病人会渐感吞咽困难(dysphagia). 而更严重者甚且会造成食道黏膜变性,如巴氏食道,它是导致食道恶性病变的前身. 所以切勿掉以轻心. 含有大量胃酸的胃内容物逆流到食道内的病态即称作胃食道逆流症(GERD).

2. 责难：strictness 严格 |stricture 责难 |strictured 狭窄的

3. 缩窄：striatum 纹状体 |stricture 缩窄 | stricturotomy 狭窄切开术

4. 严厉批评;限制;狭窄：strictly upper triangular matrix 严格上三角矩阵 |stricture 严厉批评;限制;狭窄 | stride 步测