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

• 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。
• A city of northern Kyushu, Japan, on the channel connecting the Inland Sea with the Korea Strait.
  北九州日本九州岛北端一城市，位于连接濑户内海和朝鲜海峡的海峡边。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。