英:[dɪs'treɪnə]
美:[dɪ'streɪnə]
英:[dɪs'treɪnə]
美:[dɪ'streɪnə]
verb
transitive verb
to force or compel to satisfy an obligation by means of a distress
to seize by distress
intransitive verb
to levy a distress
Middle English distreynen, from Anglo-French destreindre, from Medieval Latin distringere, from Latin, to draw apart, detain, from dis- + stringere to bind tight — more at strain
The first known use of distrain was in the 14th century