straighten

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To cause to become straight. transitive
    — [S]o / Do these upbear the little world below / Of Education,—Patience, Love, and Hope. / Methinks, I see them group'd in seemly show, / The straiten'd arms upraised, the palms aslope, / And robes that touching as adown they flow, / Distinctly blend, like snow emboss'd in snow.
  2. To become straight. intransitive
  3. To put in order; to sort; to tidy up. transitive
    — to straighten one's affairs
  4. To clarify a situation or concept to (an audience). transitive
  5. To bribe or corrupt. slang,transitive
  6. To stand up, especially from a sitting position. intransitive
  7. To make heterosexual. informal,transitive
    — It has been said that to survive in this Wasp society, Blacks must straighten their hair, Jews must straighten their noses, and Gays must straighten themselves. But we will no longer tolerate being straightened. It is the doctors and the straight society who must change.

词形变化

straightens present,singular,third-person straightening participle,present straightened participle,past straightened past

词汇关系

衍生词
enstraighten prestraighten restraighten straightenable straightener straighten one's face straighten out straighten up unstraighten
相关词
straiten

词源

From straight + -en. Compare Scots strauchten (“to straighten”).
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