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

• 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。
• Part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait.
  北太平洋位于阿拉斯加州和西伯利亚之间的部分；通过白令海峡与北冰洋相连。
• 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 Strait of Malacca lies between Malaysia and Sumatra.
  马六甲海峡位于马来西亚和苏门答腊之间。
• 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。
• 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。
• An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
  估计每年有1,600艘船通过该海峡。
• 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。
• I must abandon vessel after piracy in the west mouth of Malacca Strait.
  我船在马六甲海峡西出口被海盗抢劫后必须弃船。
• 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。