strait 音标拼音: [str'et]
n . 海峡,困难
a . 困难的,窘迫的,狭窄的
海峡,困难困难的,窘迫的,狭窄的
strait adj 1 :
narrow ; "
strait is the gate "
n 1 :
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water [
synonym : {
strait }, {
sound }]
2 :
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs [
synonym :
{
pass }, {
strait }, {
straits }]
Strait \
Strait \,
adv .
Strictly ;
rigorously . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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Strait \
Strait \,
n .;
pl . {
Straits }. [
OE .
straight ,
streit ,
OF .
estreit ,
estroit .
See {
Strait },
a .]
1 .
A narrow pass or passage .
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He brought him through a darksome narrow strait To a broad gate all built of beaten gold . --
Spenser .
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Honor travels in a strait so narrow Where one but goes abreast . --
Shak .
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2 .
Specifically : (
Geog .)
A (
comparatively )
narrow passageway connecting two large bodies of water ; --
often in the plural ;
as ,
the strait ,
or straits ,
of Gibraltar ;
the straits of Magellan ;
the strait ,
or straits ,
of Mackinaw .
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We steered directly through a large outlet which they call a strait ,
though it be fifteen miles broad . --
De Foe .
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3 .
A neck of land ;
an isthmus . [
R .]
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A dark strait of barren land . --
Tennyson .
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4 .
Fig .:
A condition of narrowness or restriction ;
doubt ;
distress ;
difficulty ;
poverty ;
perplexity ; --
sometimes in the plural ;
as ,
reduced to great straits .
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For I am in a strait betwixt two . --
Phil .
i .
23 .
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Let no man ,
who owns a Providence ,
grow desperate under any calamity or strait whatsoever . --
South .
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Ulysses made use of the pretense of natural infirmity to conceal the straits he was in at that time in his thoughts . --
Broome .
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Strait \
Strait \,
a .
A variant of {
Straight }. [
Obs .]
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Strait \
Strait \,
a . [
Compar . {
Straiter };
superl . {
Straitest }.]
[
OE .
straight ,
streyt ,
streit ,
OF .
estreit ,
estroit ,
F .
['
e ]
troit ,
from L .
strictus drawn together ,
close ,
tight ,
p .
p .
of stringere to draw tight .
See 2nd {
Strait },
and cf .
{
Strict }.]
1 .
Narrow ;
not broad .
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Strait is the gate ,
and narrow is the way ,
which leadeth unto life ,
and few there be that find it .
--
Matt .
vii .
14 .
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Too strait and low our cottage doors . --
Emerson .
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2 .
Tight ;
close ;
closely fitting . --
Shak .
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3 .
Close ;
intimate ;
near ;
familiar . [
Obs .] "
A strait degree of favor ." --
Sir P .
Sidney .
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4 .
Strict ;
scrupulous ;
rigorous .
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Some certain edicts and some strait decrees . --
Shak .
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The straitest sect of our religion . --
Acts xxvi .
5 (
Rev .
Ver .).
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5 .
Difficult ;
distressful ;
straited .
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To make your strait circumstances yet straiter .
--
Secker .
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6 .
Parsimonious ;
niggargly ;
mean . [
Obs .]
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I beg cold comfort ,
and you are so strait ,
And so ingrateful ,
you deny me that . --
Shak .
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Strait \
Strait \,
v .
t .
To put to difficulties . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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159 Moby Thesaurus words for "
strait ":
angustifoliate ,
angustirostrate ,
angustisellate ,
angustiseptal ,
arm ,
armlet ,
bay ,
bayou ,
belt ,
bight ,
bind ,
boca ,
bottleneck ,
bound ,
bounded ,
box ,
breakers ahead ,
canal ,
cardhouse ,
cause for alarm ,
channel ,
circumscribed ,
climacteric ,
close ,
close -
fitting ,
clutch ,
complication ,
conditioned ,
confined ,
confining ,
constricted ,
contingency ,
convergence of events ,
copyrighted ,
cove ,
cramp ,
cramped ,
creek ,
crisis ,
critical juncture ,
critical point ,
crossroads ,
crowded ,
crucial period ,
crunch ,
danger ,
dangerous ground ,
defile ,
demanding ,
difficult ,
dilemma ,
disciplined ,
embarrassing position ,
embarrassment ,
emergency ,
endangerment ,
estuary ,
euripus ,
exacting ,
exigency ,
extremity ,
fine how -
do -
you -
do ,
finite ,
fjord ,
frith ,
gaping chasm ,
gathering clouds ,
gulf ,
gut ,
harbor ,
hazard ,
hell to pay ,
hinge ,
hobble ,
hot water ,
house of cards ,
how -
do -
you -
do ,
imbroglio ,
imperilment ,
incapacious ,
incommodious ,
inlet ,
isthmian ,
isthmic ,
isthmus ,
jam ,
jeopardy ,
kyle ,
limited ,
limiting ,
loch ,
meager ,
menace ,
mess ,
mix ,
moderated ,
morass ,
mouth ,
narrow ,
narrow seas ,
narrows ,
natural harbor ,
near ,
neck ,
parlous straits ,
pass ,
patented ,
peril ,
perplexity ,
pickle ,
pinch ,
plight ,
predicament ,
prescribed ,
pretty pass ,
pretty pickle ,
pretty predicament ,
proscribed ,
push ,
quagmire ,
qualified ,
quicksand ,
reach ,
restricted ,
restricting ,
rigorous ,
risk ,
road ,
roads ,
roadstead ,
rocks ahead ,
rub ,
scant ,
scanty ,
scrape ,
slender ,
slough ,
sound ,
spot ,
squeeze ,
stew ,
sticky wicket ,
storm clouds ,
straitened ,
straits ,
swamp ,
thin ice ,
threat ,
throat ,
tight ,
tight spot ,
tight squeeze ,
tightrope ,
tricky spot ,
trouble ,
turn ,
turning ,
turning point ,
unholy mess
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