straight

1. ADJ A straight line or edge continues in the same direction and does not bend or curve. 筆直的

Keep the boat in a straight line. 讓小船直線行駛。

His teeth were perfectly straight. 他的牙齒非常整齊。

2. ADV Straight is also an adverb. 直地[ADV after v]

Stand straight and stretch the left hand to the right foot. 站直，伸左手夠右腳。

3. ADJ Straight hair has no curls or waves in it. (發(fā)) 直

Grace had long straight dark hair which she wore in a bun. 格雷斯有一頭又長又直的黑發(fā)，她把它盤成了一個發(fā)髻。

4. ADV You use straight to indicate that the way from one place to another is very direct, with no changes of direction. 徑直地[ADV prep/adv]

...squirting the medicine straight to the back of the child's throat. …把藥直接噴到小孩喉嚨后部。

He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me. 他結束了談話站起來，直視著我。

5. ADV If you go straight to a place, you go there immediately. 立即[ADV prep/adv]

As always, we went straight to the experts for advice. 像平時一樣，我們立即向那些專家們做了咨詢。

6. ADJ If you give someone a straight answer, you answer them clearly and honestly. (回答) 直截了當的[ADJ n]

What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer to a straight question. 他真是一個狡猾的辯手，一直拒絕對一個直接的問題給予直截了當的回答。

7. ADV Straight is also an adverb. 直截了當地[ADV after v]

I lost my temper and told him straight that I hadn't been looking for any job. 我生氣了，直截了當地告訴他我一直沒找過任何工作。

8. ADJ Straight means following one after the other, with no gaps or intervals. 連續(xù)的[ADJ n]

They'd won 12 straight games before they lost. 他們在輸掉之前已贏了連續(xù)12場比賽。

9. ADV Straight is also an adverb. 連續(xù)地[n ADV]

He called from Washington, having been there for 31 hours straight. 他從華盛頓打來了電話，他已在那里連續(xù)呆了31個小時了。

10. ADJ A straight choice or a straight fight involves only two people or things. 有關兩者的[ADJ n]

It's a straight choice between low-paid jobs and no jobs. 這是一個有關低收入工作和沒有工作兩者之間的選擇。

11. ADJ If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are normal and conventional, for example in their opinions and in the way they live. 正統(tǒng)的

Dorothy was described as a very straight woman, a very strict Christian who was married to her job. 多蘿西被描述成一位非常正統(tǒng)的女人，一位非常誠篤全心撲在工作上的基督徒。

12. ADJ If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are heterosexual rather than homosexual. 異性戀的[非正式]

His sexual orientation was a lot more gay than straight. 他的性取向更像是同性戀的而非異性戀的。

13. N-COUNT Straight is also a noun. 異性戀者

...a standard of sexual conduct that applies equally to gays and straights. …一個同等適用于同性戀者和異性戀者的性行為標準。

14. PHRASE If you get something straight, you make sure that you understand it properly or that someone else does. 把某事弄清楚[口語]

You need to get your facts straight. 你需要把你的事實弄清楚。

15. to keep a straight face→see face