英汉词典

straight 基本解释

• adj. 直的；连续的；笔直的；正直的；整齐的
• adv. 直接地；不断地；立即；坦率地
• n. 直；直线
• n. (Straight)人名；(英)斯特雷特

straight 词态变化

straight 中文词源

来自中古英语 streight,拉直的，过去分词格于 strechen,拉直，展开，来自古英语 streccan,拉 直，展开，词源同 stretch,伸展，延伸。拼写比较 bake,batch.引申词义正的，正直的，以及现 代词义传统的，异性恋的等。

straight 英文词源

straight

straight: [14] Straight began life as the past participle of stretch. Nowadays this verb has a perfectly normal past form (stretched), but in Middle English it was straught (source of distraught [14], an alteration of distract) or straight – whence the adjective straight. The sense ‘not bent or curved’ derives from the notion of stretching something between two points. Straightaway [15] originally meant ‘by a straight path’; the temporal sense ‘immediately’ emerged in the 16th century.
=> distract, distraught, stretch

straight (adj.1)

late 14c., "direct, undeviating; not crooked, not bent or curved," of a person, "direct, honest;" properly "stretched," adjectival use of Old English streht (earlier streaht), past participle of streccan "to stretch" (see stretch (v.)). Related: Straightly; straightness.

Meaning "true, direct, honest" is from 1520s. Of communication, "clear, unambiguous," from 1862. Sense of "undiluted, uncompromising" (as in straight whiskey, 1874) is American English, first recorded 1856. As an adverb from c. 1300, "in a straight line, without swerving or deviating." Theatrical sense of "serious" (as opposed to popular or comic) is attested from 1895; vaudeville slang straight man first attested 1923.

Go straight in the underworld slang sense is from 1919; straighten up "become respectable" is from 1907. To play it straight is from 1906 in theater, 1907 in sports ("play fair"), with figurative extension; later perhaps also from jazz. Straight arrow "decent, conventional person" is 1969, from archetypal Native American brave name. Straight shooter is from 1928. Straight As "top grades" is from 1920.

straight (adj.2)

"conventional," especially "heterosexual," 1941, a secondary sense evolved from straight (adj.1), probably suggested by straight and narrow path "course of conventional morality and law-abiding behavior," which is based on a misreading of Matt. vii:14 (where the gate is actually strait), and the other influence seems to be from strait-laced.

straight (n.)

1640s, "a level position," from straight (adj.1). From 1864 as "straight part of a race track." Poker sense attested from 1841. Meaning "conventional person" is first recorded 1967, from straight (adj.2).

straight 词组搭配

straight 英文释义

1. a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex

2. a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)

3. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse

straight 双语例句

1. He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me.

他说完话站起来，直视着我。

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2. We'll go to a meeting in Birmingham and come straight back.

我们将去伯明翰参加会议，然后马上回来。

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3. The ball fell straight to the feet of Klinsmann.

球直接落到了克林斯曼的脚上。

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4. He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry.

他眼睛直视前方，加速超过了前面一辆慢吞吞行进的大卡车。

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5. Her ear, shoulder and hip are in a straight line.

她的耳朵、肩膀和髋部呈一条直线。

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straight 实用场景例句

Keep straight on for two miles.

一直向前走两英里。

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Can you stretch your arms out straighter?

你能把胳膊伸得再直一些吗？

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He was too tired to walk straight.

他累得走都走不直了。

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I can't shoot straight (= accurately) .

我射不准。

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She looked me straight in the eye.

她直视着我。

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Come straight home after school.

放学后直接回家来。

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I was so tired I went straight to bed.

我太累，径直上床睡了。

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She went straight from college to a top job.

她大学一毕业就干上了一份优越的工作。

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I'm going to the library straight after the class.

我一下课就马上去图书馆。

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Keep the boat in a straight line...

让船保持直线航行。

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Using the straight edge as a guide, trim the cloth to size...

用直尺比照着，将布料裁剪成合适的尺寸。

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Grace had long straight dark hair which she wore in a bun.

格雷斯把一头长长的黑色直发盘成发髻。

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The ball fell straight to the feet of Klinsmann...

球直接落到了克林斯曼的脚上。

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He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me...

他说完话站起来，直视着我。

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As always, we went straight to the experts for advice...

像往常一样，我们马上去找专家咨询。

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We'll go to a meeting in Birmingham and come straight back.

我们将去伯明翰参加会议，然后马上回来。

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What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.

他真是个狡诈的辩论家，总是拒绝给出直截了当的回答。

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They'd won 12 straight games before they lost.

他们在输掉比赛之前已连续赢了12场。

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It's a straight choice between low-paid jobs and no jobs...

只有两个选择：要么是报酬很低的工作，要么就是失业。

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Each has several times beaten the other in a straight fight.

双方都曾在单打比赛中击败过对方几次。

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Dorothy was described as a very straight woman, a very strict Christian who was married to her job.

多萝西被形容成一个非常正统的女人，一个尽职尽责、非常虔诚的基督徒。

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His sexual orientation was a lot more gay than straight...

从他的性取向来看，他不像异性恋，更像个同性恋。

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Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female.

纽约的马蒂称自己不是女同性恋者。

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...a large straight whiskey without ice...

不加冰的大杯纯威士忌

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Children should not drink fruit juices straight.

儿童不应该喝纯果汁。

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Our cars were clearly too slow along the straights...

我们的赛车在直道上跑得显然太慢了。

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I went to overtake him on the back straight on the last lap.

最后一圈时我在非终点直道上超过了他。

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You need to get your facts straight...

你需要讲清楚你的情况。

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Let's get things straight. I didn't lunch with her.

咱们把事情说清楚。我没有和她一起吃午饭。

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All her efforts to keep him on the straight and narrow have been rewarded.

她为了让他走正道所作出的一切努力都得到了回报。

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