lots is a form of:

Strait



noun — Plural: Straits
1.
(Narrow channel connecting two larger bodies of water. -straits difficulties, Strainer desperate circumstances) ដៃសមុទ្រ, ការទទើសទទាស់, ការទាល់ប្រាក់, ការឡប់ស្មារតី, ស្ថានការណ៍ពិបាក, កង្វល់
Example: The Straits of Gibraltar, in financial stains.pl. (in serious) straits ការពិបាក, បញ្ហា
adjective
1.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ចង្អៀត
  • narrow strait
    - ច្រកសមុទ្រ, ទ្វារសមុទ្រ
  • strait jacket
    - អ្វីៗដែលរារាំងមិនអោយលូតលាស់ ឬអភិវឌ្ឍន៍
    - អាវពាក់រំកុំអោយបំរះរួច (ដាក់ទណ្ឌកម្ម)
ENGLISH MEANING
noun — Plural: Straits
1.
A narrow pass or passage.
2.
A (comparatively) narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water; -- often in the plural; as, the strait, or straits, of Gibraltar; the straits of Magellan; the strait, or straits, of Mackinaw.
3.
A neck of land; an isthmus.
4.
(FIGURATIVE) A condition of narrowness or restriction; doubt; distress; difficulty; poverty; perplexity; -- sometimes in the plural; as, reduced to great straits.
adjective
1.
Parsimonious; niggargly; mean.
2.
Narrow; not broad.
3.
Tight; close; closely fitting.
4.
Close; intimate; near; familiar.
5.
Strict; scrupulous; rigorous.
6.
Difficult; distressful; straited.
verb
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To put to difficulties.
1.
Strictly, rigorously