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adj. 狭窄的；苦恼的
n. 海峡；困境
n. (Strait)人名；(英)斯特雷特
n.
海峡；（常用pl.）窘迫，困境；危难；
adj.
困难的，窘迫的；狭窄的；严格的；
变形
复数：straits
双语释义
n.(名词)[C] 海峡 channel of water connecting two seas
[P] 窘迫，困难，艰苦trouble;difficulty
英英释义
strait[ streit ]
n.
a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
同义词：sound
a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
同义词：passstraits
adj.strict and severe
"strait is the gate"
词组短语
taiwan strait n. 台湾海峡
bering strait白令海峡
cook strait库客海峡（新西兰南岛与北岛之间的水道）
torres strait托雷斯海峡（澳大利亚）
同近义词辨析
strait, channel这组词都有“海峡”的意思，其区别是：
strait指短而窄的海峡。常用复数形式但作单数用。
channel指比strait长而宽的海峡。
双语例句
用作名词(n.)
We will transit the strait at night.
我们将在夜间通过那个海峡。
We passed through the Strait of Magellan.
我们穿过了麦哲伦海峡。
I hear you are in poor financial straits.
我听说你处于经济困难之中。
用作形容词(adj.)
The door is rather strait.
这门相当窄。
My old aunts are very strait laced.
我的老姨妈都很古板。
权威例句
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strait: [12] Strait was originally an adjective and adverb, meaning ‘narrow’ or ‘tight’. It reached English via Old French estreit ‘narrow, tight’ from Latin strictus (source of English strict). Its use as a noun, ‘narrow waterway’, emerged in the 14th century, and the metaphorical straits ‘difficulties’ is a 16th-century development.=> strict
strait (n.)
mid-14c., "narrow, confined space or place," specifically of bodies of water from late 14c., from Old French estreit, estrait "narrow part, pass, defile, narrow passage of water," noun use of adjective (see strait (adj.)). Sense of "difficulty, plight" (usually straits) first recorded 1540s. Strait and narrow "conventional or wisely limited way of life" is recorded from mid-14c. (compare straight (adj.2)).
strait (adj.)
"narrow, strict" (late 13c.), from Old French estreit, estrait "tight, close-fitting, constricted, narrow" (Modern French étroit), from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (2) "bind or draw tight" (see strain (v.)). More or less confused with unrelated straight (adj.). Related: Straightly.
1. We will transit the strait at night.
我们将在夜间通过那个海峡。
《21世纪大英汉词典》
2. This was confirmed in 1897, when a sexually mature male eel was caught in the Strait of Messina.
1897年，有人在墨西拿海峡抓住了一条性成熟的雄性鳗鱼，确认了这个理论。
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3. Successful development of these ports by China will allow it to circumvent the narrow, perilous Strait of Malacca.
中国对这些港口的成功开发，将使它避开拥狭的和危险的马六甲海峡。
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4. The Torres Strait, between Australia and Papua New Guinea, is infested with sharks and the area is regularly fished by both licensed and illegal fishing vessels, many from Asia.
澳大利亚和巴布亚新几内亚之间的托雷斯海峡有大量鲨鱼出没，很多合法与非法的渔船在此捕鱼，其中大部分来自亚洲。
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5. Most of the pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia or in the Malacca Strait involve oil tankers that are ransomed.
索马里海岸线附近以及马六甲海峡的大多数海盗袭击都与劫持油轮、索要赎金有关。
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6. Most of the pirate attacks off the coast of Somalia or in the Malacca Strait involve oil tankers that are ransomed.
索马里海岸线附近以及马六甲海峡的大多数海盗袭击都与劫持油轮、索要赎金有关。
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7. 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。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
8. But madman who sought war ought to be put in strait jackets.
但追求战争的狂人应该统统给他们穿上紧身衣。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
9. The Bering Strait parts North America from Asia.
白令海峡把北美洲和亚洲分开。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
10. Japanese heavy artillery was shelling downtown Singapore across the Johore Strait.
日本人的重炮，正隔着柔佛海峡轰击新加坡的商业区。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
11. Finally the leading ships steamed in at night through the narrow strait.
最后先头船只在夜间驶入狭窄的海峡。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
12. They had an hour to oar the strait.
他们有一个小时可以划过海峡。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
13. Montgomery slipped two divisions across the Strait of Messina one night against no resistance.
蒙哥马利于某晚以两个师偷越墨西拿海峡，并未遭遇抵抗。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
14. The fire in the grate looked impish-demoniacally funny, as if it did not care in the least about her strait.
壁炉里的残火，张牙怒目，鬼头鬼脑，仿佛表示对于她的窘迫，丝毫都不关心。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
15. I, in this strait, worship the God of my fathers in mine own language.
我现在身陷危难之中，用自己的语言礼拜我祖先的上帝。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
16. Egypt would not interfere with the normal flow of traffic through the strait.
埃及不干涉通过这个海峡的正常交通运输。
-- 来源 -- 英汉 - 辞典例句
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