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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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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
      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
      1. 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。
        • 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 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。
        • The waters inside the base lines, including Bohai Bay and Giongzhou Strait, are China's inland sea.
          在基线以内的水域,包括渤海湾、琼州海峡在内,都是中国的内海。
        • The strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European from Asian Turkey.
          位于爱琴海和马尔马拉海之间的一个海峡,它将欧洲和亚洲土耳其分离。
        • 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 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。
        • 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。
        • 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。
        • I must abandon vessel after piracy in the west mouth of Malacca Strait.
          我船在马六甲海峡西出口被海盗抢劫后必须弃船。