音标:[streit] ; 柯林斯词典等级:1 级;
n. 海峡, 困境
a. 困难的, 窘迫的, 狭窄的
n. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
s. narrow
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strait的用法和样例:

例句

用作名词(n.)
  1. We will transit the strait at night.我们将在夜间通过那个海峡。
  2. We passed through the Strait of Magellan.我们穿过了麦哲伦海峡。
  3. I hear you are in poor financial straits.我听说你处于经济困难之中。
用作形容词(adj.)
  1. The door is rather strait.这门相当窄。
  2. My old aunts are very strait laced.我的老姨妈都很古板。

常见句型

用作名词(n.)
  1. The Bering Strait separates Asia and America .白令海峡隔开了亚洲和美洲。
  2. Now that father's lost his job,we're in dire straits.父亲失业了,我们陷入了极大的困境。

词汇搭配

  • Bering strait白令海峡
  • Tsushima Strait对马海峡
  • straits settlements英属海峡殖民地...
  • strait-jacket约束衣
  • Taiwan Strait台湾海峡
  • strait-laced固守道德观念的...
  • strait jacket拘束衣
  • Bass Strait巴斯海峡
  • Davis Strait大卫斯海峡
  • Hecate Strait赫卡特海峡
  • cook strait库克海峡(新西兰南岛...
  • Dampier Strait丹皮海峡
  • territorial strait[法] 领峡
  • Torres Strait托雷斯海峡
  • strait waistcoat紧身衣,约束物...

经典引文

  • The Rilkes were in dire financial straits.

    出自:J. F. Hendry
  • There was always room at Cheyne Walk for a fellow artist in straits.

    出自:G. Daly
  • The..pasture grounds were too strait for the numbers crowded into them.

    出自:J. A. Froude
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