| 单词 | straight |
| 释义 | straight (streɪt ) Word forms: straighter , straightest , straights 1. adjective A2 A straight line or edge continues in the same direction and does not bend or curve. Keep the boat in a straight line. Using the straight edge as a guide, trim the cloth to size. His teeth were perfectly straight. There wasn't a single straight wall in the building. Synonyms: direct, unswerving, undeviating Straight is also an adverb. Stand straight and stretch the left hand to the right foot. Turn right and just basically walk straight, right over the river. 2. adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] A2 Straight hair has no curls or waves in it. Grace had long straight dark hair which she wore in a bun. 3. adverb A2 You use straight to indicate that the way from one place to another is very direct, with no changes of direction. The ball fell straight to the feet of the striker. He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me. Straight ahead were the low cabins of the motel. Synonyms: directly, precisely, exactly, as the crow flies 4. adverb B1 If you go straight to a place, you go there immediately. As always, we went straight to the experts for advice. We'll go to a meeting in Birmingham and come straight back. Synonyms: immediately, directly, promptly, instantly 5. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 If you give someone a straight answer, you answer them clearly and honestly. What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer. Straight is also an adverb. I lost my temper and told him straight that I hadn't been looking for any job. 6. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Straight means following one after the other, with no gaps or intervals. They'd won 12 straight games before they lost. Synonyms: successive, consecutive, continuous, through Straight is also an adverb. He called from Weddington, having been there for 31 hours straight. 7. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A straight choice or a straight fight involves only two people or things. It's a straight choice between low-paid jobs and no jobs. Each has several times beaten the other in a straight fight. Synonyms: straightforward, clear, simple, routine 8. adjective If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are normal and conventional, for example in their opinions and in the way they live. Dorothy was described as a very straight woman, a very strict Christian who was married to her job. Synonyms: conventional, conservative, orthodox, traditional 9. adjective [usually verb-link ADJECTIVE] If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are heterosexual. [informal] His sexual orientation was a lot more gay than straight. Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female. Synonyms: heterosexual Straight is also a noun. ...a standard of sexual conduct that applies equally to gays and straights. 10. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] A straight drink, especially an alcoholic drink, has not had another liquid such as water added to it. ...a large straight whiskey without ice. Children should not drink fruit juices straight. 11. countable noun On a racetrack, a straight is a section of the track that is straight, rather than curved. Our cars were clearly too slow along the straights. I went to overtake him on the back straight on the last lap. 12. See also home stretch 13. get sth straight phrase If you get something straight, you make sure that you understand it properly or that someone else does. [spoken] You need to get your facts straight. Let's get things straight. I didn't lunch with her. 14. go straight phrase If a criminal is going straight, they are no longer involved in crime. Synonyms: reform, turn over a new leaf, make a new start, get back on the straight and narrow 15. on the straight and narrow phrase If something keeps people on the straight and narrow, it helps to keep them living an honest or healthy life. All her efforts to keep him on the straight and narrow have been rewarded. 16. a straight face phrase If you manage to keep a straight face, you manage to look serious, although you want to laugh. What went through Tom's mind I can't imagine, but he did manage to keep a straight face. You have to wonder how anyone could say that seriously and with a straight face. 17. to set the record straight phrase If you set the record straight or put the record straight, you show that something which has been regarded as true is in fact not true. Let me set the record straight on the misconceptions contained in your article. Idioms: keep a straight face to manage to look serious, even though you really want to laugh or smile His laugh was hard for Nancy to resist, but she managed to keep a straight face. It's the way he tells a joke. He is completely straight-faced and I just fall about laughing. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers play a straight bat [British] to try to avoid answering difficult questions But last Saturday her interviewee played a straight bat, referring all inquiries to his solicitors before driving off. [old-fashioned] to do things in an honest and simple way because you have traditional ideas and values Amit, then 14, was very surprised to find that playing a straight bat was not considered all that important in his new school. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers a straight arrow [US] someone who is very conventional, honest, and moral I was very much a product of my environment. I was very traditional, a real straight arrow in lots of ways. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers set the record straight to correct a mistake or misunderstanding But a company seeing wrong information about itself on a report can have a frustrating time setting the record straight. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers come straight from the shoulder to be direct and completely honest His opinions about top politicians in Washington and New York come straight from the shoulder. `The president,' he says, `was out of touch with reality.' Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers keep someone on the straight and narrow to help someone to live an honest, decent life and prevent them from doing immoral or illegal things Our goal is to keep these vulnerable young people on the straight and narrow. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers straight as a die [British] completely honest Tom's not the devious type – he's as straight as a die. very straight The streets are lined up, straight as a die, along the left bank of the Guadiana estuary. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Collocations: straight talk More straight talk would do us all good. Times, Sunday Times When it comes to love, you're not interested in guessing games, so straight talk and careful listening can add to a partnership. The Sun Or lack of guts, for those who love straight talk. Christianity Today Maybe politicians don't understand straight talk but the rest of us understand that no means no. The Sun They used to admire his rich dude straight talk and swagger. Times,Sunday Times And the generation raised on Sesame Street wants something more appealing than thirty minutes of straight talking. Christianity Today (2000) Such straight talking comes in handy when things go wrong. Times, Sunday Times (2016) People you know respect honesty and straight talking. The Sun (2015) Do some straight talking at home. The Sun (2010) Mars helps you to do the straight talking that will resolve a family situation. The Sun (2008) Without the braces - and with her new, straight teeth - she looks and feels beautiful. Times, Sunday Times And even, straight teeth without braces! Times, Sunday Times The booklet for an orthodontic association in 2000 stated that straight teeth represented 'a highly visible commitment to self-improvement'. Times, Sunday Times I became obsessed with straight teeth. The Sun Additionally, its teeth were strongly curved, unlike the very straight teeth of modern horses. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 I walk straight into an office wherever we go; she's setting up home and social life. Times, Sunday Times Bathers must 'walk straight into the sea and straight back to their bathing tents'. Times, Sunday Times You enter the building with a wristband - it was quite something to walk straight through the turnstile without having to pay. The Sun Afterwards, walk straight down to the beach to grab a sunlounger or take a dip in the ocean. The Sun Arrive at 6pm, when you can usually walk straight in, and you'll still have two hours in which to enjoy it. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 直的 Japanese: まっすぐな |
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