| 单词 | to straighten out |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto straighten out a. intransitive. To become straight. to straighten up (originally U.S.): to rise to an erect posture; slang, to adopt an honest course of life; also in gen. use, to adopt a straight or level course. Similarly to straighten out (also figurative). ΘΚΠ the world > space > shape > straightness > become straight [verb (intransitive)] rectify1598 unbend1815 unarch1885 undouble1889 straighten1891 unkink1972 society > morality > virtue > righteousness or rectitude > reform, amendment, or correction > reform [verb (intransitive)] risec1175 amenda1275 menda1400 reform1582 reclaim1625 to turn down a leaf1633 to take up1661 repair1748 mend1782 to go straight1888 to straighten up1891 the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > be in upright or erect position [verb (intransitive)] > assume perka1591 strut1607 erect1626 cock1650 to straighten up1891 society > trade and finance > payment > payment of debt > pay debt [verb (intransitive)] quit1378 recompense1742 clear1753 settle1788 square1821 to straighten up1914 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (intransitive)] > adopt straight or level course to straighten up1914 to straighten out1917 society > travel > air or space travel > action of flying (in) aircraft > specific flying operations or procedures > [verb (transitive)] > bring on to straight or level course to straighten up1914 1891 R. Kipling Light that Failed xiii. 256 Dick's shoulders straightened again, for the words lashed like a whip. 1897 Trans. Amer. Pediatric Soc. 9 168 After a series of such oscillations..he straightens up, regains his breath, and the paroxysm ends with a long, sighing inspiration. 1907 J. Webster Four-pools Myst. (1916) xix. 198 He has been dishonest, but unintentionally so. He wishes to straighten up and lead a respectable life. 1914 H. Rosher In Royal Naval Air Service (1916) 37 I just managed to flatten out and straighten up a little as I hit the ground sideways. 1917 Times 5 July 6/5 Two machines..swerved and one started to fall for some hundreds of feet before it straightened out and regained flying speed. 1921 Rev. of Reviews Aug. 99/2 The..expectations..that the Silesian tangle was straightening out have proved quite illusory. 1939 G. B. Shaw In Good King Charles's Golden Days i. 31 Newton straightens up and stares. 1940 W. Faulkner Hamlet i. ii. 36 All of a sudden they [sc. mules] straightened out and I mind how I was thinking what a good thing it was they was pointed away from the wagon when they straightened out. < as lemmas |
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