| 单词 | straighten |
| 释义 | straighten (streɪtən ) Word forms: straightens , straightening , straightened 1. verb If you straighten something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position. She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall. [VERB noun] ...tidying, straightening cushions and organising magazines. [VERB noun] 2. verb If you are standing in a relaxed or slightly bent position and then you straighten, you make your back or body straight and upright. The three men straightened and stood waiting. [VERB] Straighten up means the same as straighten. He straightened up and slipped his hands in his pockets. [VERB PARTICLE] 3. verb If you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight. Straighten both legs until they are fully extended. [VERB noun] The road straightened and we were on a plateau. [VERB] Straighten out means the same as straighten. No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church. [VERB PARTICLE noun] The road twisted its way up the mountain, then straightened out for the last two hundred yards. [VERB PARTICLE] Phrasal verbs: straighten out 1. phrasal verb If you straighten out a confused situation, you succeed in getting it organized and tidied up. He would make an appointment with him to straighten out a couple of things. [VERB PARTICLE noun] My sister had come in with her calm common sense and straightened them out. [VERB noun PARTICLE] 2. straighten [sense 3] straighten up straighten [sense 2] Collocations: straightening irons Thank goodness the tyranny of the straightening irons and the domination of the blow-dry appears to be waning. Times, Sunday Times I have the kind of hair that's in bits at the sight of a set of straightening irons. Times,Sunday Times Treat this time as a holiday for your hair from straightening irons and chemical relaxers. Times, Sunday Times You can't use straightening irons. Times, Sunday Times If you use standard straightening irons at home, straighten your hair, then tie it loosely in a bun for a few minutes while it's still warm. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 整理 Japanese: 片付ける |
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