straight

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Something that is not crooked or bent such as a part of a road or track.
    — After four grueling laps, the race had come down to a sprint. Into the straight, although my legs were burning, I called on them for more, and they responded. On my inside the maroon singlet came with me, until it was just the two of us heading for the line.
  2. Five cards in sequence.
  3. A heterosexual. colloquial
    — My friends call straights "heteros".
  4. A normal person; someone in mainstream society. slang
    — You live with straights who tell you you was king / Jump when your momma tell you anything
  5. A cigarette, particularly one containing tobacco instead of marijuana. slang
    — A straight = a straighter = a straight cut, une cigarette en tabac de Virginie.]
  6. A chiropractor who relies solely on spinal adjustment, with no other treatments.
  7. A cat that has straight ears despite belonging to a breed that often has folded ears.
    — 2021, B. J. Deming, 25 More Facts About House Cats A hopeful sign of compromise is the growing popularity of Scottish Fold "straights" (cats like Maru, without droopy ears).
动词 v.
  1. To straighten. transitive
    — One man draws out the wire , another straights it , a third cuts it , a fourth points it , a fifth grinds it at the top for receiving the head
形容词 adj.
  1. Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.
    — I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing.
  2. Direct, undeviating. usually
    — Now, as the world knows, the straightest way to the heart of the honest voter is through the women of the land, and the straightest way to the heart of the women is through the children of the land; and one method of winning both, with rural politicians, is to kiss the babies wide and far.
  3. Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.
    — Mr. Coniff: He did not have his hat on straight; that is the one thing, is it?
  4. Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.
    — Steyn continues and it's all a bit more orderly down his end as O'Brien defends the first three balls with a straight bat and a respectful dip of the head.
  5. Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.
  6. Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.
    — Tony Blair issued a direct challenge to the IRA yesterday when he demanded they give straight answers to three simple questions[…].
  7. Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.
    — ‘It wasn't the proper thing, squoire. It wasn't straight.’
  8. Serious rather than comedic.
    — Allan Blye, a CBC-TV mainstay in the early Sixties, worked as a singer, writer and straight and comedic actor.
  9. In proper order; as it should be.
    — Oh, music, how he loved it; it seemed to set everything straight all at once in his head.
  10. In a row, in unbroken sequence; consecutive.
    — After four straight wins, Mudchester United are top of the league.
  11. Describing the sets in a match of which the winner did not lose a single set.
    — Murray started well against Marcos Baghdatis before slumping to defeat in straight sets and the British No1 admitted he may not have been mentally prepared for the rigours of the ATP Tour after a gruelling start to 2011.
  12. Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party. US
    — a straight Republican
  13. Containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a single party and no others. US
    — a straight ballot
  14. Conventional; mainstream; socially acceptable. colloquial
    — Although Eyles, the minor celebrity, is respected by his co-workers, he looks out of place among the dozens of short-haired, short-sleeved technocrats who man the Lab. “No doubt about it,” he says, “there are an awful lot of people around here you’d have to call straight.”
  15. Heterosexual. colloquial
    — Reuben, David R. (1969), chapter 8, in Everything you always wanted to know about sex but were too afraid to ask, New York: David McKay Company, Inc., published 1970, →LCCN, Homosexuals have their own language?, page 146: “STRAIGHT: a heterosexual”
  16. Occurring between people of opposite sex (sometimes, but not always, specifically between heterosexual people). colloquial
    — straight marriage, sex, relationships
  17. Related to conventional sexual intercourse. slang
    — “That coffee-an’ mac you got,” a French girl would crack to a straight one, and then it was on—hair came out by the handful, some bleached and some unbleached.
  18. Not using alcohol, drugs, etc. colloquial
    — For all the boredom the straight life brings, it's not too bad.
  19. Not plus size; thin.
    — The shirts only come in straight sizes, not in plus sizes.
  20. Strait; narrow. rare
    — Egypt is a long country, but it is straight, that is to say, narrow.
  21. Stretched out; fully extended. obsolete
  22. Thorough; utter; unqualified. slang
    — A real pimp is a gentleman, but these are pimps in gorilla suits. They hang around pimps, they have hoes on the track working for them, they may even look like pimps, but they are straight simps.
  23. Of spirits: undiluted, unmixed; neat.
    — Real cowboys know how to rope, ride a horse and drink whisky straight.
  24. Sent at a full rate for immediate delivery; being a fast telegram. historical
    — “Was it a straight message?” Miss Jenny asked. The other said yes and she added: “Horace must have got rich, like the soldiers say all the Y.M.C.A. did. Well, if it has taught a man like Horace to make money, the war was a pretty good thing, after all.”
  25. Concerning the property allowing the parallel transport of vectors along a course that keeps tangent vectors remain as such throughout that course (a course which is straight, a straight curve, is a geodesic).
  26. OK, all right, fine; in a good state or situation. informal
    — "Is something on your mind?" "Nah, I'm straight".
  27. On good terms. informal,reciprocal
    — We had a bit of a disagreement, but we're straight now.
副词 adv.
  1. Of a direction relative to the subject, precisely; as if following a direct line.
    — The door will be straight ahead of you.
  2. Directly; without pause, delay or detour.
    — On arriving at work, he went straight to his office.
  3. Continuously; without interruption or pause.
    — He claims he can hold his breath for three minutes straight.
  4. Of speech or information, without prevarication or holding back; directly; straightforwardly; plainly.
    — "By ginger, Mudgy, you do go off the handle over nothing. I tell you straight, I was damned annoyed with you this afternoon, going pop like that at a man over nothing."

词形变化

straighter comparative straightest superlative streight alternative,obsolete more straight comparative most straight superlative streight alternative,obsolete straights plural streight alternative,obsolete straights present,singular,third-person straighting participle,present straighted participle,past straighted past streight alternative,obsolete

词汇关系

反义词
bent crooked curved
衍生词
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词源

词源 1
From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Cognate with Scots straicht (“straight”), Dutch gestrekt (“stretched”), German gestreckt (“stretched”), Danish strakt (“stretched”), Faroese and Norn strekti (“stretched”), Icelandic strekkti (“stretched”), Norwegian strekte (“stretched”), Swedish sträckte (“stretched”). Doublet of straught. Equivalent to stretch + -ed.
In some senses, conflated with strait (“narrow, constricted”), which is from Latin strictus via Old French estreit.
词源 2
From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Cognate with Scots straicht (“straight”), Dutch gestrekt (“stretched”), German gestreckt (“stretched”), Danish strakt (“stretched”), Faroese and Norn strekti (“stretched”), Icelandic strekkti (“stretched”), Norwegian strekte (“stretched”), Swedish sträckte (“stretched”). Doublet of straught. Equivalent to stretch + -ed.
In some senses, conflated with strait (“narrow, constricted”), which is from Latin strictus via Old French estreit.
词源 3
From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Cognate with Scots straicht (“straight”), Dutch gestrekt (“stretched”), German gestreckt (“stretched”), Danish strakt (“stretched”), Faroese and Norn strekti (“stretched”), Icelandic strekkti (“stretched”), Norwegian strekte (“stretched”), Swedish sträckte (“stretched”). Doublet of straught. Equivalent to stretch + -ed.
In some senses, conflated with strait (“narrow, constricted”), which is from Latin strictus via Old French estreit.
词源 4
From Middle English streight, streght, streiȝt, the past participle of strecchen (“to stretch”), from Old English streċċan (past participle ġestreaht, ġestreht), from Proto-West Germanic *strakkjan (“to stretch”). Cognate with Scots straicht (“straight”), Dutch gestrekt (“stretched”), German gestreckt (“stretched”), Danish strakt (“stretched”), Faroese and Norn strekti (“stretched”), Icelandic strekkti (“stretched”), Norwegian strekte (“stretched”), Swedish sträckte (“stretched”). Doublet of straught. Equivalent to stretch + -ed.
In some senses, conflated with strait (“narrow, constricted”), which is from Latin strictus via Old French estreit.
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