strait
- IPA[strāt]
美式
- a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water；used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty
- (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped；close, strict, or rigorous
noun: strait, plural noun: straits
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water the Strait of Gibraltar 同義詞
- 2. used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty the economy is in dire straits a crippling disease could leave anyone in serious financial straits 同義詞
形容詞
- 1. archaic (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it
- ▪ archaic close, strict, or rigorous my captivity was strait as ever
