strait
[streit]
n.海峡, 困境
adj.困难的,窘迫的,<古>狭窄的, 严格的
例句与用法:
Danish navigator and explorer who in1728 sailed through the Bering Strait, proving(though he did not realize it at the time) that Asia and North America are separate continents.
白令,维图斯1681-1741丹麦航海家、探险家,1728年驾船穿越白令海峡,证明(尽管他当时不知道)亚洲和北美洲是两片分开的大陆
A province of southeast China on the East China Sea and the Formosa Strait. Agriculture and fishing are important to its economy. Fuzhou is the capital. Population, 27,130,000.
福建中国东南部的一个省份,濒临东海和台湾海峡。经济以农业和渔业为主,省会为福州。人口27,130, 000
I hear you are in poor financial straits.
我听说你处于经济困难之中。
The door is rather strait.
这门相当窄。
词形变化:
副词: straitly | 名词: strait-ness |
n.[C]
1. 海峡[P1][J]
It is dangerous to cross the straits in such weather.
在这种天气过海峡是危险的。
2. 困境, 危难[P]
These students are in serious financial straits.
这些学生经济上十分困难。
3. 【古】地峡
a.
1. 【古】狭窄的; 紧的
2. 困难的; 苦恼的
strait
名词复数:straits
形容词比较级:straiter
形容词最高级:straitest
词形变化:
副词: straitly | 名词: strait-ness |
同义词:
channel | neck | scrape | sound | bay | passage | canal | emergency | pass | straits |
反义词:
broad |
词义辨析:
同义参见:
neck
scrape
bay1
channel
反义:
a.狭窄的; 紧的
broad
wide
strait[streit]n.1.■[复数,用作单数]海峡2.■[用复数]窘迫,困境3.■[古语]地峡4.■[废语]狭窄的通道;狭小的空间adj.1.■困难的;窘迫的2.■[古语]狭窄的;地方狭小的3.■[古语]有限的,受限制的4.■[古语]严格的,严厉的adv.1.■[废语]狭窄地;紧紧地近义词emergency
straitstrait[streit]adj.1.■[古]狭窄的; 紧的2.■[古]被束缚的, 受限制的3.■[古]严格的, 严密的4.■困难的; 苦恼的; 窘迫的a strait door一扇狭窄的门a strait coat紧身衣The nun took strait vows.那位修女立下严格的誓愿。
词性变化strait[streit]n.1.■狭窄的通道[地方]; [常用复]海峡2.■[常用复]窘迫, 穷困, 艰难3.■[罕]地峡4.■【解】狭口the Straits (=the straits of Gibralter)直布罗陀海峡; (=the straits of Malacca)马六甲海峡The ship passed through the strait between two islands.船从两岛之间的海峡穿过。She has been in great straits (financially) since her husband died.自从她丈夫去世, 她(在经济方面)一直处于困境。
继承用法strait-jacketvt.1.■扼杀; 阻碍strait-lacevt.1.■捆住; 约束strait-lacedadj.1.■穿着紧身衣服的; 严谨的; 拘泥的; 观念狭隘的strait-waistcoatn.1.■(束缚疯子或狂暴囚犯用的)紧衣straitworkn.1.■用房柱法进行的开采straitlyadv.1.■[古]狭窄, 严格straitnessn.1.■[古]窄, 狭隘; 严厉; 严格; 困难; 窘迫, 缺乏
noun
- (亦作 straits)a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water
海峡
[in place names]the Straits of Gibraltar.
直布罗陀海峡。 - (straits)used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty
困境;窘迫
the economy is in dire straits.
经济处于极端困难的境地。
redundancy left him in severe financial straits.
被裁员下岗使他陷入严重的经济困难。
- (archaic)(of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped
(古)(地方)空间有限的;狭窄的,狭促的
the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it.
那条路那么窄,几个人可能就守得住。
■close, strict, or rigorous
严格的,严密的,精确的
my captivity was strait as ever.
我被囚禁得和以往一样严。
straitly
adverb
straitness
noun
语源
- Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit 'tight, narrow', from Latin strictus 'drawn tight' (see strict)
strait
名词 strait:
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
同义词:sound
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
形容词 strait:
strict and severe
strait
■Drake Passage:a strait between Cape Horn and antarctica. It connects the southern atlantic and Pacific oceans.
"德雷克海峡:好望角与南极洲之间的一个海峡,连接南大西洋与太平洋."
■Academic Seminar of Both Side of Taiwan Strait on South China Sea and Marine Resources, 2003, Boao, Hainan.
2003年10月,湖北武汉,环境资源法学国际学术研讨会。
■Why did the accident happen, "The army's nuke collide with warship at Hormuz Strait in USA.
20号,这个事情就发生了,核武器和军舰怎么会相撞呢?
■Human beings first make their way across the land connection that is cut by Behring Strait into the American continent.
=>人类首次跨越被白令海峡切断的陆地连接部分, 进入美洲大陆。
■"We spilled 25,000 barrels of oil into the Strait of Hormuz, by Iraq.
“我们在伊拉克那边的霍尔木兹海峡泄漏了25000桶石油。
■The sound may be down home American, but Bering Strait is pure Russian.
“白令海峡”的声音或许有很强的美国本土味,但他们是纯粹的俄罗斯人。
■The West Coast idea implies the existence of a zone on the east side of the strait, ie, Taiwan.
“西岸牌”时时刻刻提醒着东边那个地区----台湾的存在。
■Crossed Dardanelles Strait together, finally lands smoothly nearby Black Sea's Kerr wonderful Si Guo.
一起越过达达尼尔海峡,最后顺利地在黑海边的克尔奇斯国登陆。
■Not only that, the Strait of Hormuz to the United States has a special significance.
不仅如此,霍尔木兹海峡对于美国还有着特别重要的意义。
■No, it's over a strait called Golden Gate.
不是,是在叫做金门的海峡之上,
■Meanwhile, Exxon and its partners have just sent their first oil across the Tatar Strait.
与此同时,美孚公司和它的合作伙伴们也已经将第一批石油输送过了鞑靼海峡。
■Experts believe the regular flights symbolize the normalization in air transport across the strait.
专家称这次定期航班的施行象征着海峡两岸航空运输的正规化。
■Of all the petroleum imported by China over 80 percent is shipped by oil tankers through the Strait of Malacca.
中国进口的所有石油中,百分之80以上是通过油轮经马六甲海峡运输。
■Nearly nine-tenths of its oil imports cross the Indian Ocean and pass through the Malacca Strait.
中国进口的石油有90%要经过印度洋并通过马六甲海峡。
■In fact, things are going pretty swimmingly across the strait, which is one big thing we don’t have to worry about.
事实上,两岸的直航,使它不再成为我们担忧的一件大事。
■In view of the economic situation on both sides of the Taiwan Strait, its timing was absurd.
从台海两岸的经济形势看来,他实在是选错了时机。
■From the front steps of the Sophia Cathedral and the nearby hill, one can see ships sailing on Bosphorus Strait and Marmara Sea.
从苏菲亚大教堂的前门和山坡上,可以看到船只航行在博斯普鲁斯海峡和马尔马拉海。
■Starting from Spain, bypassing South America, found that Magellan Strait, and then crossing the Pacific.
从西班牙出发,绕过南美洲,发现麦哲伦海峡,然后横渡太平洋。
■They had an hour to oar the strait.
他们有一个小时可以划过海峡。
■Now, he told a news conference, our enemy is not necessarily the people across the Taiwan Strait but nature.
他在一次新闻发布会上说,现在我们的敌人并不必然使海峡对岸的人民,而是自然灾害。
■He swam the Strait of Dover.
他游过多佛海峡。
■The afore-said are conditions under which we will agree to continue talks between both sides of the Strait.
以上就是我们同意继续进行两岸对话的条件。
■Istanbul lies between the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara, forming Strait of Bosporus and Golden Horn Bay.
伊斯坦布尔位于黑海和马尔马拉海之间,博斯普鲁斯海峡及金角湾横贯其中。
■Iran borders the Strait of Hormuz, conduit for roughly two-fifths of all globally traded oil.
伊朗面靠霍尔木兹海峡,霍尔木兹海峡承载了大约5分之2的全球石油贸易运输。
■A city of southeast Panay, Philippines, on Iloilo Strait, an inlet of the Sulu Sea.
伊洛伊洛菲律宾班乃东南部一城市,位于伊洛伊洛海峡边沿,苏禄海湾。
■Spanish city of northwest Africa, an enclave in Morocco on the Strait of Gibraltar.
休达:非洲西北部西班牙一城市,为直布罗陀海峡处摩洛哥境内的一块孤立的土地。
■But Sun, seen as the father of modern China, is a politically acceptable figure on both sides of the Strait.
但是孙作为现代社会的奠基者,在政治上是被海峡两边都能接受的人物。
■In the strait, the sea was disturbed whitecaps surging and fierce winds howling across the surface of the sea.
但是海峡里,白浪滔天,狂风怒嚎。
■But madman who sought war ought to be put in strait jackets.
但追求战争的狂人应该统统给他们穿上紧身衣。
■The Golden Seashore lies at Yongning Township, Shishi on the west bank of the Taiwan Strait.
位于台湾海峡西岸的石狮永宁镇,由香港友帮国际集团独资兴建。
■Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander customary law also has some limited application.
作为联邦制下的一个州,新南威尔士拥有自己的主权,但主权的行使受联邦宪法的约束。
■Enter ye in at teh strait gate.
你们要进窄门。
■And the sons of the prophets said unto Elisha, Behold now, the place where we dwell with thee is too strait for us.
先知门徒对以利沙说、看哪、我们同你所住的地方过于窄小。
■The Company was in a strait for they had only twenty-four hours more in which to complete their contract and they had at least sixty hours' work to do.
公司当时陷入了困境,因为他们要完成合同只剩下24小时,而当时他们要干的活至少需要60小时。
■A narrow deeper channel along the middle of the strait was the bed of the Rhine in the last Ice Age.
其中一条在多佛尔海峡中间较深及较窄的通道便是莱茵河在上一个冰河时期的河床。
■A naval escort vessel closely tails the repatriation boat as far as the midway Point in the Taiwan Strait.
军舰护送载运偷渡客的渔船,直到海峡中线才结束。
■During the winter, the Kuroshio oceanic current brings warm water of high salinity from the Pacific through the Luzon Strait.
冬季期间,黑潮海流把高咸度的温暖海水由太平洋经吕宋海峡带入本港。
■A city of southwest Hokkaido, Japan, on Tsugaru Strait.
函馆日本北海道西南部一城市,位于津轻海峡边。
■King Leonidas and his 300 men blocked the only narrow strait through which the Persians could pass.
列奥尼达国王和他的三百勇士于是在狭窄的海峡口堵住了波斯人的必经之路。
■The differential then widened to over 100 basis points in mid-August amid tension across the Taiwan Strait and renewed rumours of RMB devaluation.
到八月中,由于台湾海峡局势紧张,以及再次传出人民币贬值谣言,息差扩阔至超过100基点。
■Beijing warned the move would trigger a serious crisis across the Taiwan Strait.
北京警告这一举动会引发台湾海峡的严重危机。
■South America is joined to North America, and only a narrow strait separates North America from Asia.
南美洲和北美洲是相连在一起,北美洲亚洲只相隔一条狭窄的海峡。
■The exposition will hold large art intercourse exhibition of strait side banks famous gallery, art academy cum artist.
博览会将举办海峡两岸知名画廊、术家艺术交流大展。
■A municipal borough of northwest Wales on a narrow strait of the Irish Sea opposite Anglesey Island.
卡那封:威尔士西北部的一个自治区,位于爱尔兰海相对安赫莱斯岛的一个狭窄海峡处。
■Finding a way through the maze of channels of the strait was a brilliant piece of navigation and evidence of Magellan's genius.
发现海峡水道迷宫的航线是航海史上辉煌的一页,也是证明麦哲伦天才的有力证据。
■Another country musician, George Strait remains a constant in country music, from the 1980s through 1997.
另一位乡村音乐家乔治.斯特雷特从八十年代一直唱到了1997年。
■Against a strait up 4-4-2 you will outnumber the opponent 4v2 in the central midfield.
另外,当你面对平行战位的442时,在中路对抗上,你也有4比2的优势。
■But now, even the most strait laced felt that patriotism called upon them to be more broad minded.
可是现在,甚至那些最讲究体面的太太们也觉得为了爱国心,有必要宽大为怀了。
■Red Cross organizations on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have worked together for decades already.
台湾海峡两岸的红十字会已经合作了数十年。
■The Cenozoic sedimentary basin of Taiwan Strait is composed of Xiapeng, Wuquyu, Xinzhu ,and Taiwan depressions.
台湾海峡新生代沉积盆地由厦澎、乌丘屿、新竹和台湾等坳陷组成。