| 词汇 | straighten |
| 释义 | straighten verb uk /ˈstreɪ.tən/ us /ˈstreɪ.ən/ straightenverb (NOT CURVING)[ I or T ] to become straight or to make something become straight: （使）变直，（使）挺直，弄直 He straightened his tie.他把领带拉正。 Her hair is naturally curly but she always straightens it.她的头发是自然卷，但她老是把它拉直。 The road straightens out after a few miles.公路过了几英里后就直了。 Making things more or less smooth or straight bunch bunch (something) up coarsen coarsening collapse creased crinkle fold folding furl grooming interfold isolator pucker rumple sand sandpaper screw sleek sleek back/down straightenverb (LEVEL)[ T ] to make something level: 使变平直；把…弄正 The picture fell while I was trying to straighten it.我想把画的位置调正，结果它掉下来了。 Making things more or less smooth or straight bunch bunch (something) up coarsen coarsening collapse creased crinkle fold folding furl grooming interfold isolator pucker rumple sand sandpaper screw sleek sleek back/down straightenverb (TIDY)[ T ] to make something tidy: 整理;收拾整齐 She stood up and straightened her clothes.她站起来，把衣服整理了一下。 Pepe was careful to straighten his room before leaving.佩佩很细心，走之前把房间收拾得整整齐齐。 Cleaning & tidying places & things adjust airing bed bioremediation clean something out dust dusting freshen (someone/something) up going-over Hoover muck re-rack sandblast smarten (someone/something) up spiff someone/something up spit spit and polishidiom spruce tidy valet Phrasal verbsstraighten someone out straighten something out straighten up straighten something up straighten | American Dictionarystraighten verb us/ˈstreɪt·ən/ straightenverb (MAKE NOT BEND)[ I/T ] to make something so that it does not bend: [ I ]Her shoulders straightened, and she cleared her throat. [ T ]First bend and then straighten your leg. [ M ]You must straighten out the pipe. straightenverb (MAKE LEVEL)[ T ] to make something level: Please straighten the lampshade – it tilts to the right. Phrasal verbsstraighten someone out straighten something out straighten something up Examples of straightenstraighten The walls were straightened, and benches were placed in each room. Meanwhile, he spared no effeort in straightening up the administrative and militiary affairs in the area. The coil was straightened by inserting a mandril, with loops then being formed by withdrawal of the mandril. 95 broadening (exs.); posterior border, initially convex, straightening. Initially, t he body remained horizontal, b ut as it moved forwards, the abdomen was raised and the legs were simultaneously straightened. Each of them has black eyeliner providing lift at the edge of the eyes and each wears the same coral lipstick to set off the same straightened and whitened teeth. Nets where cuts are not activated are called pure (the diagrammatical representation of activated cuts is the same as that for straightened out (that is, non-activated) cuts). A dichotomy is established through hairstyles (braided vs. straightened), clothing (traditional kanga vs. bathing suit), skin color (darker vs. perhaps chemically altered light skin), and footwear (barefoot vs. high heels). Once the position is straightened out, the giveaway will come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Even today, their attitude has not been straightened out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are a number of anomalies which, perhaps, can be straightened out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Widening bridges and straightening the curves on the midland main line would do more than electrification for average speeds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The matter needs straightening out, and it is about time that something was done to put them on a par. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are bound to be many border-line cases, but they can be straightened out with good will. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He will be intimate with them; and when things go wrong they can be straightened out amicably. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of straighten These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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