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
Collins.1 / BNC.8841 / COCA.12059
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- the Strait(s) of Gibraltar
直布罗陀海峡
- the Strait(s) of Gibraltar
- （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- The factory is in dire straits .
工厂岌岌可危。 - She found herself in desperate financial straits.
她发觉自己经济状况极为窘迫。
- The factory is in dire straits .
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.- An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估计每年有 1,600 艘船通过该海峡。 - ...the Straits of Gibraltar.
直布罗陀海峡
- An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits...
英英释义
noun
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
adj
- narrow
- strait is the gate
双语例句
- In response to the warning, Singapore and Malaysia boosted Malacca Strait security.
警告发出后，新加坡和马来西亚都加强了对马六甲海峡的安保措施。 - 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。 - The ban on direct transport across the Strait has had similar effects.
对海峡两岸直航的禁令也起到了类似的效果。 - 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 results show that Kuroshio deformation takes the perpetual shape of'loop'in Luzon Strait.
研究结果表明，黑潮在吕宋海峡的形变以“流套”的形式常年存在。 - They studied the Bering Strait's potential impact on glacial oscillations.
他们研究了白令海峡对冰期振荡的潜在影响。 - The Chukchi Sea lies between Alaska and Russia just north of the Bering Strait.
楚科奇海位于阿拉斯加和俄国之间的白令海峡北部。 - 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。 - 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。 - A strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan.
位于朝鲜和日本之间的一个海峡；连接中国东海和日本海。