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单词 straighten
释义
straighten
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WORD FAMILY
straighten: straightened, straightener, straightening, straightens+/straight: straighten, straighter, straightest, straightly, straightness, straights/straightener: straighteners/straightness: straightnesses
USAGE EXAMPLES
At its core, her work is a study of life and opportunity under straightened circumstances in the upstate New York city of Troy.
Time(Dec 01, 2016)
‘We might perhaps suffer with him, but we’ve got to straighten out France.’
Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016)
This app helps you “scan” a paper photo and then uses automatic techniques to find the edges and straighten the shot.
New York Times(Nov 30, 2016)
1v make straight or straighter
Straighten this post
straighten hair
Hyper
arrange, set up
put into a proper or systematic order
2v make straight
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
straighten out
untwist
cause to become untwisted
unbend
free from flexure
extend
open or straighten out; unbend
channelise, channelize
cause to form a channel
untwine
undo what has been twined together
unweave
undo strands that have been woven together
comb
straighten with a comb
roach
comb (hair) into a roach
currycomb
clean (a horse) with a currycomb
hackle, hatchel, heckle
comb with a heckle
alter, change, modify
cause to change; make different; cause a transformation
3v straighten up or out; make straight
Syn|Ant|Hyper
unbend
bend, flex
form a curve
change posture
undergo a change in bodily posture
4v get up from a sitting or slouching position
The students straightened when the teacher entered
Hypo|Hyper
rear, rise up
stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds
draw up, pull up, straighten up
straighten oneself
rear back
rear backwards on its hind legs
change posture
undergo a change in bodily posture
5v put (things or places) in order
Syn|Hypo|Hyper
clean up, neaten, square away, straighten out, tidy, tidy up
make, make up
put in order or neaten
clean, clean house, houseclean
clean and tidy up the house
G.I., GI
clean in preparation for inspection
spring-clean
thoroughly clean the entire house, often done only once a year
order
bring order to or into
6v straighten by unrolling
Syn|Hyper
roll out
disentangle, unwind
separate the tangles of
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