英语词汇“strait”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

strait

/streɪt

noun

1 (also straits) A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water: [in place names]: the Straits of Gibraltar...

They glided over the narrow strait of turbulent ocean water that made the island look like it had been cut in half with a steak knife.
‘The Northwest Passage is a strait for international navigation,’ says a State Department lawyer.
In purely commercial terms, passage through the strait would cut time off sailings from the west coast of North Korea.

Synonyms

channel, sound, narrows, inlet, stretch of water, arm of the sea, sea passage, neck;

Scottish kyle

2 (straits) Used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty: the economy is in dire straits redundancy left him in severe financial straits...

But I, like many newer Canadians, do not carry the weight of having placed them in dire straits.
In the 1840s, St Peter's School was in dire straits and about to close.
That leaves county schools in dire straits, with many already having to unravel established teaching practices.

Synonyms

a bad/difficult situation, a sorry condition, difficulty, trouble, crisis, a mess, a predicament, a plight, a tight corner

informal a pretty/fine kettle of fish, hot water, deep water, a jam, a hole, a bind, a fix, a scrape

adjective archaic

1(Of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped: the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it...

First, He brought me here, it is by His will I am in this strait place: in that fact I will rest.
You either enter by a strait gate onto a narrow way or you go with the crowd through the wide gate and the broad way that leadeth to destruction.
Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.

1.1Close, strict, or rigorous: my captivity was strait as ever...

The bullets sang softly in their strait prison of steel and brass.
Incensed with rage, he commands that his wife should be carried to strait prison until they heard further of his pleasure.

Derivatives

straitly

adverb ...

Unfortunately, I always see the MAJORITY of people - yes, the majority of people will go straitly ahead even when there is a red light over there.
Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in.
He caused them to be questioned right straitly, so that their torment was very grievous.

straitness

/ˈstreɪtnəs/ noun ...

And then the life suffers under the law of sin and death; and then there is straitness and failings.
Such a course will ensure you experience the bitterness of spiritual straitness, as did the Corinthians.
My dear hearers, this very straitness of the path, this narrowness of the path, doth have in it something discouraging.

Origin

Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit 'tight, narrow', from Latin strictus 'drawn tight' (see strict).

单词	strait
释义	strait /streɪt / noun 1 (also straits) A narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water: [in place names]: the Straits of Gibraltar... They glided over the narrow strait of turbulent ocean water that made the island look like it had been cut in half with a steak knife. ‘The Northwest Passage is a strait for international navigation,’ says a State Department lawyer. In purely commercial terms, passage through the strait would cut time off sailings from the west coast of North Korea. Synonyms channel, sound, narrows, inlet, stretch of water, arm of the sea, sea passage, neck; Scottish kyle 2 (straits) Used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty: the economy is in dire straits redundancy left him in severe financial straits... But I, like many newer Canadians, do not carry the weight of having placed them in dire straits. In the 1840s, St Peter's School was in dire straits and about to close. That leaves county schools in dire straits, with many already having to unravel established teaching practices. Synonyms a bad/difficult situation, a sorry condition, difficulty, trouble, crisis, a mess, a predicament, a plight, a tight corner informal a pretty/fine kettle of fish, hot water, deep water, a jam, a hole, a bind, a fix, a scrape adjective archaic 1(Of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped: the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it... First, He brought me here, it is by His will I am in this strait place: in that fact I will rest. You either enter by a strait gate onto a narrow way or you go with the crowd through the wide gate and the broad way that leadeth to destruction. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. 1.1Close, strict, or rigorous: my captivity was strait as ever... The bullets sang softly in their strait prison of steel and brass. Incensed with rage, he commands that his wife should be carried to strait prison until they heard further of his pleasure. Derivatives straitly adverb ... Unfortunately, I always see the MAJORITY of people - yes, the majority of people will go straitly ahead even when there is a red light over there. Now Jericho was straitly shut up because of the children of Israel: none went out, and none came in. He caused them to be questioned right straitly, so that their torment was very grievous. straitness /ˈstreɪtnəs/ noun ... And then the life suffers under the law of sin and death; and then there is straitness and failings. Such a course will ensure you experience the bitterness of spiritual straitness, as did the Corinthians. My dear hearers, this very straitness of the path, this narrowness of the path, doth have in it something discouraging. Origin Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit 'tight, narrow', from Latin strictus 'drawn tight' (see strict). Rhymes abate, ablate, aerate, ait, await, backdate, bait, bate, berate, castrate, collate, conflate, crate, create, cremate, date, deflate, dictate, dilate, distraite, donate, downstate, eight, elate, equate, estate, fate, fête, fixate, freight, frustrate, gait, gate, gestate, gradate, grate, great, gyrate, hate, hydrate, inflate, innate, interrelate, interstate, irate, Kate, Kuwait, lactate, late, locate, lustrate, mandate, mate, migrate, misdate, misstate, mistranslate, mutate, narrate, negate, notate, orate, ornate, Pate, placate, plate, prate, prorate, prostrate, pulsate, pupate, quadrate, rate, rotate, sate, sedate, serrate, short weight, skate, slate, spate, spectate, spruit, stagnate, state, straight, Tate, tête-à-tête, Thwaite, translate, translocate, transmigrate, truncate, underrate, understate, underweight, update, uprate, upstate, up-to-date, vacate, vibrate, wait, weight
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