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

• 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。
• The road to the Ruhr, and to Tokyo, lies through the Strait of Hormuz.
  通向鲁尔和通向东京的道路现在要通过霍尔木兹海峡。
• 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。
• A strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan.
  位于朝鲜和日本之间的一个海峡；连接中国东海和日本海。
• 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 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。
• The Bering Strait parts North America from Asia.
  白令海峡把北美洲和亚洲分开。
• The strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European from Asian Turkey.
  位于爱琴海和马尔马拉海之间的一个海峡，它将欧洲和亚洲土耳其分离。
• A city of northern Kyushu, Japan, on the channel connecting the Inland Sea with the Korea Strait.
  北九州日本九州岛北端一城市，位于连接濑户内海和朝鲜海峡的海峡边。
• 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。