单词 | straighten |
释义 | straighten (once / 575 pages) v WORD FAMILY straighten: straightened, straightener, straightening, straightens+/straight: straighten, straighter, straightest, straightly, straightness, straights/straightener: straighteners/straightness: straightnesses USAGE EXAMPLESAt 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 unbendfree from flexure extendopen or straighten out; unbend channelise, channelizecause to form a channel untwineundo what has been twined together unweaveundo strands that have been woven together combstraighten with a comb roachcomb (hair) into a roach currycombclean (a horse) with a currycomb hackle, hatchel, hecklecomb 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 upstraighten oneself rear backrear 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, housecleanclean and tidy up the house G.I., GIclean in preparation for inspection spring-cleanthoroughly 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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