| 单词 | straighten out |
| 释义 | straighten out (once / 3414 pages) v WORD FAMILY straighten out: straightened out, straightening out, straightens out USAGE EXAMPLES‘We might perhaps suffer with him, but we’ve got to straighten out France.’ Wall Street Journal(Dec 01, 2016) That said, Brooker would like to straighten out a common misconception: “There are people who say this is ‘the anti-technology show.’ Seattle Times(Nov 15, 2016) In a Facebook post to his fans on Monday, he said they were trying to get things "straightened out as soon as possible". BBC(Nov 08, 2016) 1v make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear Syn|Hyper clear, clear up, crystalise, crystalize, crystallise, crystallize, elucidate, enlighten, illuminate, shed light on, sort out clarify, clear up, elucidate make clear and (more) comprehensible 2v put (things or places) in order Syn|Hypo|Hyper clean up, neaten, square away, straighten, 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 3v settle or put right Syn|Hyper iron out, put right ameliorate, amend, better, improve, meliorate to make better 4v make straight Syn|Hypo|Hyper straighten 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 5v extricate from entanglement Syn|Ant|Hypo|Hyper disentangle, unsnarl entangle, mat, snarl, tangle twist together or entwine into a confusing mass loosen, tease, tease apart disentangle and raise the fibers of ravel, ravel out, unraveldisentangle order bring order to or into 6v change for the better Syn|Hyper reform, see the light reclaim, rectify, reform, regenerate bring, lead, or force to abandon a wrong or evil course of life, conduct, and adopt a right one ameliorate, better, improve, meliorate get better |
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