strait
strait 英 [streɪt] 美 [stret]
n. 海峡；困境
名词复数:straits
- A strait is a narrow sea channel or a difficult situation — remember that both are difficult to navigate. If you're stranded on a strait off the Black Sea, you might also say that you're in dire straits.
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- n. 海峡；困境
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1. the Taiwan Strait
台湾海峡
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2. We will transit the strait at night.
我们将在夜间通过那个海峡。
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3. The factory is in dire straits.
工厂岌岌可危。
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4. She found herself in desperate financial straits.
她发觉自己经济状况极为窘迫。
- strait (adj.) "narrow, strict" (late 13c.), from Old French estreit, estrait "tight, close-fitting, constricted, narrow" (Modern French étroit), from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (2) "bind or draw tight" (see strain (v.)). More or less confused with unrelated straight (adj.). Related: Straightly.
- strait (n.) mid-14c., "narrow, confined space or place," specifically of bodies of water from late 14c., from Old French estreit, estrait "narrow part, pass, defile, narrow passage of water," noun use of adjective (see strait (adj.)). Sense of "difficulty, plight" (usually straits) first recorded 1540s. Strait and narrow "conventional or wisely limited way of life" is recorded from mid-14c. (compare straight (adj.2)).
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