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 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 Bering Strait parts North America from Asia.
  白令海峡把北美洲和亚洲分开。
• 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。
• 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 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。
• Only a narrow strait separates North America from asia.
  北美洲与亚洲之间只隔一条狭窄的海峡。
• 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 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 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。