| 词汇 | straightening |
| 释义 | straightening present participle ofstraighten 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 creased crinkle fold folding furl grooming interfold isolator pucker rumple sand sandpaper screw sleek sleek back/down wrinkle 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 creased crinkle fold folding furl grooming interfold isolator pucker rumple sand sandpaper screw sleek sleek back/down wrinkle 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 freshen (someone/something) up going-over Hoover muck re-rack sandblast smarten (someone/something) up spiff someone/something up spit and polishidiom spruce tidy valet Phrasal verbsstraighten someone out straighten something out straighten up straighten something up Examples of straighteningstraightening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Various hair changes may occur, including dyspigmentation and the straightening of a normally curly hair; these signs however, are not specific. They explain this strong dependence of shrinkage on packing density by means of a 'chain straightening' mechanism. The result now follows from the straightening theorem. Then, we use the straightening theorem to obtain the polynomial with the desired property. After straightening out, they move as usual for a few seconds and then return to their circular shape again. Day is improving, all hands are straightening up. 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 Those were days when the country was straightening itself out after a great war, as it is doing now. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Would it not be much better to spend the money, instead of on straightening roads, in giving decent accommodation to working people? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is time that a little straightening out was done by at least one lawyer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I know of no policy of widening and straightening all by-roads. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The situation was that after the war we had to start straightening things out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Straightening the line, not electrification, may be the main issue here. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 But some road straightening and widening has to be done. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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