| 单词 | straight |
| 释义 | straight (once / 55 pages) 1adjadvn 2adjadv 3adjn 4adjn 5adj 6adj Arrows, sides of a rectangle, well-organized lines of people waiting to get into the theater or the ladies' room, and anything else free from curves can be described as straight. The word can also mean honest, uninterrupted, undiluted, or heterosexual. In Middle English, strecchen meant "to stretch." Streght "stretched" emerged from it and morphed into straight. It's easy to see the connection: If you stretch out a piece of spaghetti or a curl, it looks linear. Today the word means free from bends, breaks, or irregularities literally or figuratively. "Give it to me straight" means "just the facts, ma'am." "I was up for seven straight days" means "I haven't slept in a week." WORD FAMILYstraight: straighten, straighter, straightest, straightly, straightness, straights+/straighten: straightened, straightener, straightening, straightens/straightener: straighteners/straightness: straightnesses USAGE EXAMPLESPenn State has won eight straight to make its first appearance in the title game. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) A victory for Oklahoma State would be its second over the Sooners in three years, and its second straight in Norman. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) James and Wade played together for four seasons in Miami, leading the Heat to two titles and four straight Finals appearances. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 1adj having no deviations straight lines straight roads across the desert straight teeth straight shoulders Syn|Ant direct direct in spatial dimensions; proceeding without deviation or interruption; straight and short perpendicular, verticalat right angles to the plane of the horizon or a base line alignedin a straight line unbentnot bent untwistednot twisted; formerly twisted but now straight crooked having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned indirectnot direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination akimbo(used of arms and legs) bent outward with the joint away from the body anfractuousfull of twists and turns aquiline, hookedcurved down like an eagle's beak askew, awry, cockeyed, lopsided, skew-whiff, wonkyturned or twisted toward one side contorted, writhed, writhentwisted (especially as in pain or struggle) deflective, refractivecapable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave) geniculatebent at a sharp angle gnarled, gnarly, knobbed, knotted, knottyused of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots malposedcharacterized by malposition reflexed(of leaves) bent downward and outward more than 90 degrees squigglywavy and twisting tortuous, twisting, twisty, voluminous, windingmarked by repeated turns and bends warpedused especially of timbers or boards; bent out of shape usually by moisture windblownused especially of trees; growing in a shape determined by the prevailing winds wrybent to one side zig-zag, zigzaghaving short sharp turns or angles coiledcurled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) 2adj free from curves or angles a straight line Syn|Ant trabeate, trabeated not arcuate; having straight horizontal beams or lintels (rather than arches) uncurved, uncurvinghaving no curves curved, curving having or marked by a curve or smoothly rounded bend arced, arched, arching, arciform, arcuate, bowedforming or resembling an arch curvilineal, curvilinearcharacterized by or following a curved line eellikeresembling an eel in being long and thin and sinuous falcate, falciform, sickle-shapedcurved like a sickle curvey, curvyhaving curves flexuoushaving turns or windings hooked, hooklikehaving or resembling a hook (especially in the ability to grasp and hold) incurvate, incurvedbent into or having an inward curve recurvate, recurvedcurved backward or inward semicircularcurved into a half circle serpentine, snakelike, snakyresembling a serpent in form sinuate, sinuous, wigglycurved or curving in and out sinusoidalhaving a succession of waves or curves upcurvedcurving upward 3adj accurately fitted; level Syn true even being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with) 4adj (of hair) having no waves or curls her naturally straight hair hung long and silky Syn|Ant uncurled not having been curled unpermednot having had a permanent wave curly (of hair) having curls or waves curled, curlingof hair having curls crisp, frizzly, frizzy, kinky, nappy(of hair) in small tight curls permedstyled with permanent waves ringleted(of hair) shaped into ringlets wavy(of hair) having waves 5adj erect in posture sit straight Syn unbent, unbowed erect, upright, vertical upright in position or posture 6adj no longer coiled Syn|Ant uncoiled uncurled not curled coiled curled or wound (especially in concentric rings or spirals) coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, turbinate, volute, voluted, whorledin the shape of a coil convolute, convolutedrolled longitudinally upon itself involute(of some shells) closely coiled so that the axis is obscured involute, rolledespecially of petals or leaves in bud; having margins rolled inward woundput in a coil 7adv without deviation Syn direct, directly 8adv in a straight line; in a direct course the road runs straight 9n a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper straightaway stretch a straightaway section of a racetrack homestretchthe straight stretch of a racetrack leading to the finish line section, segment one of several parts or pieces that fit with others to constitute a whole object 1adj following a correct or logical method straight reasoning Syn correct, right free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth 2adj in keeping with the facts set the record straight made sure the facts were straight in the report Syn accurate conforming exactly or almost exactly to fact or to a standard or performing with total accuracy 3adj neatly arranged; not disorderly the room is straight now Syn tidy marked by order and cleanliness in appearance or habits 4adj without evasion or compromise Syn square, straightforward direct straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action 5adj characterized by honesty and fairness straight dealing Syn|Ant square honest, honorable not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent lawfulconformable to or allowed by law aboveboard, straightforwardwithout concealment or deception; honest guileless, transparentfree of deceit straightarrowconventionally moral and upright corrupt, crooked not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive dishonest, dishonorabledeceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive unlawfulcontrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law sneaky, underhand, underhandedmarked by deception 6adv in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly 3told me straight out Syn|Ant directly, flat indirectly not in a forthright manner 1adj successive (without a break) sick for five straight days Syn consecutive continuous, uninterrupted continuing in time or space without interruption 2n a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit) 4Hyper poker hand the 5 cards held in a game of poker 1adj sexually attracted exclusively to members of the opposite sex Syn heterosexual sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex 2n a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex 5Syn|Hyper heterosexual, heterosexual person, straight person individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul a human being adj rigidly conventional or old-fashioned 6Syn square conventional unimaginative and conformist adj without water Syn full-strength, neat undiluted not diluted |
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