strait

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n. 海峡, 困境 a. 困难的, 窘迫的, 狭窄的

发音

US /stɹeɪt/

词形变化

straits 复数 straits straited straiting straits 三单 straiting 现在分词 straited 过去式 straited 过去分词 straiter 比较级 straiter straitest straitest 最高级

别名

streit streight

教材释义与例句

名词

海峡；困境

a narrow passage of water between two areas of land, usually connecting two seas

形容词

狭窄的；苦恼的

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

    海峡

    the Strait of Gibraltar

  2. 2.

    A narrow pass, passage or street.

  3. 3.

    A neck of land; an isthmus.

  4. 4.

    A difficult position.

    to be in dire straits

    1684, Robert South, “A Sermon Preached at Westminster-Abbey” in Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, London: Thomas Bennett, 1692, p. 420, […] let no man, who owns the Belief of a Providence, grow desperate or forlorn, under any Calamity or Strait whatsoever […]

v.
  1. 1.

    To confine; put to difficulties.

    废旧 及物
  2. 2.

    To tighten.

    废旧 及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Narrow; restricted as to space or room; close.

    古体

    1894, Ernest Dowson, “To One in Bedlam” in The Second Book of The Rhymers’ Club, London: Elkin Mathews & John Lane, p. 35, Those scentless wisps of straw, that miserably line His strait, caged universe, whereat the dull world stares, Pedant and pitiful.

  2. 2.

    Righteous, strict.

    古体

    to follow the strait and narrow

  3. 3.

    Tight; close; tight-fitting.

    紧

    废旧
  4. 4.

    Close; intimate; near; familiar.

    废旧
  5. 5.

    Difficult; distressful.

    废旧

    18th c., Thomas Secker, Sermons on Several Subjects, 2nd edition, 1771, Volume III, Sermon XI, p. 253, But to make your strait Circumstances yet straiter, for the Sake of idle Gratifications, and distress yourselves in Necessaries, only to indulge in Trifles and Vanities, delicate Food, shewish Dress, ensnaring Diversions, is every Way wrong.

  6. 6.

    Parsimonious; stingy; mean.

    废旧
  7. 7.

    Obsolete spelling of straight, now a misspelling of straight.

    废旧
adv.
  1. 1.

    Strictly; rigorously.

    废旧

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

sound pass straits

上位词 2

situation channel

下位词 2

narrow dire straits
形容词

近义相关 1

narrow

相关短语

Strait of Messina [网络] 墨西拿海峡；着墨西拿海峡 Strait of Magellan [网络] 麦哲伦海峡；巡航麦哲伦海峡；麦哲伦海峡巡弋 Strait of Dover na. 多佛海峡 [网络] 多佛尔海峡；多佛耳海峡；加来海峡 Strait of Otranto Strait of Sicily 西西里海峡 Strait of Bonifacio Strait of Gibraltar [网络] 直布罗陀海峡；从直布罗陀海峡；直贝路陀海峡 Strait of Kerch 刻赤海峡 Strait of Malacca 马六甲海峡 Strait of Hormuz [网络] 霍尔木兹海峡；荷莫兹海峡；荷姆兹海峡 Strait of Georgia [网络] 乔治亚海峡；乔治海峡；佐治亚海峡 Strait of Juan de Fuca strait and narrow [网络] 渐行渐近的两岸关系 Strait of Fokien

词源

From Middle English streit, from Old French estreit (modern form étroit), from Latin strictus, perfect passive participle of stringō (“compress, tighten”). Doublet of stretto and strict.

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