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单词 straight
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straight1/strayt/ adj

extending in one direction without bends or curves

in geometry, said of a line: lying on the shortest path between any two points on it

said of hair: not wavy or curly

said of a course, route, aim, etc: going direct to its destination or target

said of a garment, esp a skirt: not gathered or flared

level, upright, or symmetrically positioned; not skew

in a proper or tidy state

honest or fair

straight dealing

accurately sorted out; correct

Get your facts straight

simple or straightforward

straight thinking

a straight answer

said of successes: following consecutively or uninterruptedly

their seventh straight win

said of an alcoholic drink: unmixed; neat

in the theatre, denoting a conventional play as distinct from e.g. a farce or musical

informal conventional in appearance, habits, opinions, etc; = square2

informal not using or under the influence of drugs

informal heterosexual

keep a straight face

to refrain from laughing

set somebody straight on something

to give somebody the facts about something and clear up any misunderstanding

straightish adj
straightly adv
straightness noun
[Middle English, old past part. of stretch1]

straight2adv

upright

Sit up straight

directly; in a straight line

He was looking straight at me

Go straight on

without delay or hesitation; immediately

straight after breakfast

Go straight home

archaic at once

I'll be with you straight

honestly; without evasion

I tell you straight

clearly; accurately

I couldn't think straight

go straight

to leave one's life of crime and live honestly

straight off/out

without hesitation

She gave me his number straight off

straight up

Brit, informal honestly

I'm telling you it's all right. Straight up

NAmer neat; unmixed

bourbon straight up


straight3noun

(the straight) a straight line or arrangement

Keep it on the straight

a straight part or piece of something, e.g. the home straight on a race course

a poker hand containing five cards in sequence but not of the same suit

informal

a conventional person

a heterosexual

the straight and narrow

a strictly honest or moral way of life

[ultimately from the New Testament account of the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 7:14), where Christ says: ‘Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat. Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it’. Strait here means ‘narrow’ (contrasted with the wide gate that leads to ruin). It has the variant spelling straight, and has therefore been confused with the more familiar word straight in the sense ‘following a direct course, without deviating’; this is now the usual spelling in the phrase.]
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