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单词 straight arrow
释义

straight arrow

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noun Informal.

a person who manifests high-minded devotion to clean living and moral righteousness.

Origin of straight arrow

First recorded in 1965–70

OTHER WORDS FROM straight arrow

straight-arrow, adjective

Words nearby straight arrow

straight-ahead, straight and narrow, straight angle, straight-arm, straight arm lift, straight arrow, straight as an arrow, straightaway, straight-backed, straight bat, straight bill of lading
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British Dictionary definitions for straight arrow

straight arrow

noun

informal, mainly US
  1. a clean-living and honest person
  2. (as modifier)a straight-arrow cop
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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