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
Collins.1 / BNC.8841 / COCA.12059
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- the Strait(s) of Gibraltar
直布罗陀海峡
- the Strait(s) of Gibraltar
- （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- The factory is in dire straits .
工厂岌岌可危。 - She found herself in desperate financial straits.
她发觉自己经济状况极为窘迫。
- The factory is in dire straits .
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.- An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估计每年有 1,600 艘船通过该海峡。 - ...the Straits of Gibraltar.
直布罗陀海峡
- An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
- 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.- 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。 - 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。
- If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits...
英英释义
noun
- a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
- a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
adj
- narrow
- strait is the gate
双语例句
- 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。 - Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
也门完全控制着红海南端的海峡。 - An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估计每年有1,600艘船通过该海峡。 - It is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
马纳尔湾和保克海峡将其与印度次大陆分开。 - 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。 - 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 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。 - 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。 - They studied the Bering Strait's potential impact on glacial oscillations.
他们研究了白令海峡对冰期振荡的潜在影响。 - 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。