strait

英 [streɪt]

美 [streɪt]

n.  海峡; (联结两大水域的)水道; (尤指经济拮据引起的)困境，境况窘迫

复数：straits　

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牛津词典

noun

• 海峡；（联结两大水域的）水道
  a narrow passage of water that connects two seas or large areas of water
  1. the Strait(s) of Gibraltar
     直布罗陀海峡
• （尤指经济拮据引起的）困境，境况窘迫
  a very difficult situation especially because of lack of money
  1. The factory is in dire straits .
     工厂岌岌可危。
  2. She found herself in desperate financial straits.
     她发觉自己经济状况极为窘迫。

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 海峡;(连接两大海域的)水道
  You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as astraitorthe straits.
  1. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
     估计每年有 1,600 艘船通过该海峡。
  2. ...the Straits of Gibraltar.
     直布罗陀海峡
• N-PLURAL (通常指因缺钱造成的)困境，窘迫
  If someone isindire or desperatestraits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money.
  1. If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits...
     假如我们有了小孩，我们会真正陷入困境。
  2. The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
     该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。

英英释义

noun

• a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
  Synonym:sound
• a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
  Synonym:passstraits

adj

• narrow
  1. strait is the gate

双语例句

• The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
  该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。
• A strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
  一个有重要战略地位的海湾，连接波斯湾和阿曼湾。
• The strait between the English Channel and the North sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent.
  位于英吉利海峡和北海之间的一个海峡；英国和欧洲大陆的最短距离。
• I first came to North American in prehistoric times when I crossed the Bering Strait land bridge from Eurasia.
  在史前时期，我从欧亚大陆穿越白令海峡、走过陆地、桥第一次来到了北美。
• The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea and the atlantic Ocean.
  直布罗陀海峡连接着地中海和大西洋。
• The road to the Ruhr, and to Tokyo, lies through the Strait of Hormuz.
  通向鲁尔和通向东京的道路现在要通过霍尔木兹海峡。
• My arid heart revived; my affliction is lightened; my strait and struggle are gone.
  我的枯干的心田复活了，我的痛苦减轻了，我的艰苦和挣扎过去了。
• This invariance requirement has been a strait jacket on the free invention of scientists.
  这个不变性要求，已经成了套在科学家的自由创造上的一件紧身衣。
• Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
  也门完全控制着红海南端的海峡。
• An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
  估计每年有1,600艘船通过该海峡。