straighter

英 [ˈstreɪtə]

美 [ˈstreɪtər]

adv.  笔直地; 平正地; 成直线; 直接; 径直; 立即; 正; 直
adj.  直的; 直筒型(非紧身)的; 准的; 正中目标的
straight的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 直的;笔直的
  Astraightline or edge continues in the same direction and does not bend or curve.
  1. Keep the boat in a straight line...
     让船保持直线航行。
  2. Using the straight edge as a guide, trim the cloth to size...
     用直尺比照着，将布料裁剪成合适的尺寸。
  3. His teeth were perfectly straight...
     他的牙齿非常整齐。
  4. There wasn't a single straight wall in the building.
     这幢楼里连一面平直的墙都没有。
  5. Straightis also an adverb.
     
  6. Stand straight and stretch the left hand to the right foot...
     站直身体，伸左手够右脚。
  7. Turn right and just basically walk straight, right over the river.
     向右转，然后大致直着往前走，越过小河。
• ADJ-GRADED (头发)直的，不卷曲的
  Straighthair has no curls or waves in it.
  1. Grace had long straight dark hair which she wore in a bun.
     格雷斯把一头长长的黑色直发盘成发髻。
• ADV 笔直地;径直地
  You usestraightto indicate that the way from one place to another is very direct, with no changes of direction.
  1. The ball fell straight to the feet of Klinsmann...
     球直接落到了克林斯曼的脚上。
  2. He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me...
     他说完话站起来，直视着我。
  3. Straight ahead were the low cabins of the motel.
     正前方就是汽车旅馆的低矮小木屋。
• ADV 立刻;马上
  If you gostraightto a place, you go there immediately.
  1. As always, we went straight to the experts for advice...
     像往常一样，我们马上去找专家咨询。
  2. We'll go to a meeting in Birmingham and come straight back.
     我们将去伯明翰参加会议，然后马上回来。
• ADJ-GRADED 直截了当的;直率的;坦诚的
  If you give someone astraightanswer, you answer them clearly and honestly.
  1. What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.
     他真是个狡诈的辩论家，总是拒绝给出直截了当的回答。
  2. Straightis also an adverb.
     
  3. I lost my temper and told him straight that I hadn't been looking for any job.
     我生气了，直截了当地告诉他我压根儿就没在找工作。
• ADJ 连续的;不间断的
  Straightmeans following one after the other, with no gaps or intervals.
  1. They'd won 12 straight games before they lost.
     他们在输掉比赛之前已连续赢了12场。
  2. Straightis also an adverb.
     
  3. He called from Weddington, having been there for 31 hours straight.
     他从韦丁顿打电话过来时已在那儿呆了整整 31 个小时了。
• ADJ 只涉及两人(或两物)的;(选择)非此即彼的
  Astraightchoice or astraightfight involves only two people or things.
  1. It's a straight choice between low-paid jobs and no jobs...
     只有两个选择：要么是报酬很低的工作，要么就是失业。
  2. Each has several times beaten the other in a straight fight.
     双方都曾在单打比赛中击败过对方几次。
• ADJ-GRADED 正经的;正统的;规矩本分的
  If you describe someone asstraight, you mean that they are normal and conventional, for example in their opinions and in the way they live.
  1. Dorothy was described as a very straight woman, a very strict Christian who was married to her job.
     多萝西被形容成一个非常正统的女人，一个尽职尽责、非常虔诚的基督徒。
• ADJ 异性恋的;非同性恋的
  If you describe someone asstraight, you mean that they are heterosexual rather than homosexual.
  1. His sexual orientation was a lot more gay than straight...
     从他的性取向来看，他不像异性恋，更像个同性恋。
  2. Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female.
     纽约的马蒂称自己不是女同性恋者。
  3. Straightis also a noun.
     
  4. ...a standard of sexual conduct that applies equally to gays and straights.
     同时适用于同性恋者和异性恋者的性行为准则
• ADJ (尤指酒精饮料)纯的，不掺水的
  Astraightdrink, especially an alcoholic drink, has not had another liquid such as water added to it.
  1. ...a large straight whiskey without ice...
     不加冰的大杯纯威士忌
  2. Children should not drink fruit juices straight.
     儿童不应该喝纯果汁。
• See also:Our cars were clearly too slow along the straights...I went to overtake him on the back straight on the last lap.home straight
• PHRASE 把…弄清楚;明确
  If yougetsomethingstraight, you make sure that you understand it properly or that someone else does.
  1. You need to get your facts straight...
     你需要讲清楚你的情况。
  2. Let's get things straight. I didn't lunch with her.
     咱们把事情说清楚。我没有和她一起吃午饭。
• 改过自新;改邪归正;重新做人
  If a criminalis going straight, they are no longer involved in crime.
• PHRASE 走正路;过正当的生活
  If something keeps peopleon the straight and narrow, it helps to keep them living an honest or healthy life.
  1. All her efforts to keep him on the straight and narrow have been rewarded.
     她为了让他走正道所作出的一切努力都得到了回报。
• a straight face→ see:face

双语例句

• "Crawlers" stayed horizontal, moving more slowly but generally in straighter lines, a more energy-efficient way of getting around.
  “爬行者”待在水平面上，很慢地爬行但是通常在直线上，一种更加节能的到处走动的方式。
• Winston roused himself and sat up straighter.
  温斯顿收回思绪，坐直了身子。
• Briton's Straighter Tower of Pisa oblique rectifying table with curved side
  英国人矫正比萨斜塔侧弯矫形用斜面手术台
• If you think you're going to fall just grip harder and sit up straighter.
  如果你觉得你快要摔下来了，你就夹得更紧、坐得更直。
• Compare to using vector data, using raster data to express geographic elements is straighter and easy to achieve the composition of multi-layer data, which is also convenient to matching remote sensing images data and scanning data.
  与矢量数据结构相比，用栅格数据结构表达地理要素比较直观，容易实现多层数据的叠合操作，便于与遥感图像及扫描入数据匹配使用等。
• Chinese women want to change the shape of their faces, while men want straighter noses, a recent survey by the Beijing-based Horizon Research Consultancy Group has found.
  北京零点调查咨询集团近日开展的一项调查发现，中国女性最希望改变自己的脸型，而男性则希望自己的鼻子更挺拔。
• Stand up straighter, The guards sprang to attention.
  卫兵原地立正站好。
• Observed by Histological: 2 weeks: Achilles tendon fibers are straighter, during which the cells structure are still complete, fibrocartilage zone cartilage cells increased, distal part of the zone calcification.
  结果：第一部分：1组织学观察：第2周时：跟腱腱纤维较平直，其间的细胞结构尚完整，纤维软骨区软骨细胞增多，远侧部分钙化。
• His arm's a little straighter.
  而他的手臂比你的要直一些。
• Having reached this decision he felt relieved, just as if he had tightened his belt one notch and thrown out his chest to stand straighter and firmer than ever.
  这个决定使他痛快，觉得好像自己的腰带又杀紧了一扣，使胸口能挺得更直更硬。