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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   strait

   • IPA[strāt]

   美式

   • n.
     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
   • adj.
     (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped；close, strict, or rigorous

   • noun: strait, plural noun: straits

2. • 釋義

   n.

   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 channel, sound, narrows, inlet, stretch of water, ... 更多arm of the sea, sea passage, neck, kyle
   • 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 a bad/difficult situation, a sorry condition, difficulty, trouble, crisis, ... 更多a mess, a predicament, a plight, a tight corner, informala pretty/fine kettle of fish, hot water, deep water, a jam, a hole, a bind, a fix, a scrape

   adj.

   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