stricture
n
1 (usu pl 通常作复数) (fml 文) severe criticism or condemnation 严厉的批评或谴责
pass strictures on sb 严厉批评某人.
2 (medical 医) abnormal constriction or narrowing of a tube-shaped part of the body (身体某管状部分异常的)狭窄.
Men, particularly, spend hours of their leisure time installing their own fireplaces, laying out their own gardens; building garages and making furniture.