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1. Oxford Dictionary

   strait

   • IPA[streɪt]

   英式

   • 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
   • 相關詞

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water the Straits 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 redundancy left him in severe 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

   Straits Settlements

   • ph.
     a former British Crown Colony in SE Asia. Established in 1867, it comprised Singapore, Penang, ...

   Oxford Dictionary

   Mackinac, Straits of

   • ph.
     a passage between lakes Huron and Michigan, crossed since 1957 by the Mackinac Bridge. The ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   Northumberland Strait

   • ph.
     an ocean passage in the Gulf of St. Lawrence that separates Prince Edward Island from New ...

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   Cabot Strait

   • ph.
     an ocean passage between Newfoundland and Nova Scotia that links the Gulf of St. Lawrence with ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   strait-laced

   • adj.
     having or showing very strict moral attitudes: his strait-laced parents were horrified

   Oxford Dictionary

   Palk Strait

   • ph.
     an inlet of the Bay of Bengal that separates northern Sri Lanka from the coast of Tamil Nadu in ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   Makassar Strait

   • ph.
     a stretch of water that separates the islands of Borneo and Sulawesi and links the Celebes Sea ...

   Oxford American Dictionary

   Palk Strait

   • ph.
     an inlet of the Bay of Bengal separating northern Sri Lanka from the coast of Tamil Nadu in ...

   Oxford Dictionary

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3. • 更多解釋

   strait

   • IPA[strāt]

   美式

   • n.
     a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two other large areas of water: the Strait of Gibraltar
   • adj.
     (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped: the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it

   Oxford American Dictionary