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straight

Word family

straight1 /streɪt/ S1 W2 adverbadv → strait

1 in a straight line 成直线地STRAIGHT in a line or direction that is not curved or bent 笔直地，成直线地

straight ahead/at/down/in front of etc

The book is on the table straight in front of you.

那本书就在你面前的桌子上。

She was looking straight at me.

她直直地看着我。

Terry was so tired he couldn’t walk straight.

特里累得路都走不直了。

He was sitting with his legs stretched straight out in front of him.

他坐着，两条腿向前伸得直直的。

2 position 位置 in a level or correct position 直；平正地

5 He stopped in front of the mirror to put his tie straight.

他在镜子前停下来，把领带拉正。

Sit up straight, don’t slouch.

坐直了，别歪歪斜斜的。

3 immediately 立即IMMEDIATELY immediately, without delay, or without doing anything else first 立即；径直，不延误地

straight to/up/down/back etc

I went straight up to bed.

我直接上了床。

Go straight home and tell your mother.

马上回家告诉你妈妈。

straight after

I’ve got a meeting straight after lunch.

我午饭后马上得去开会。

I think I should get straight to the point.

我想我还是直接说正题吧。

4 one after the other 一个接一个SERIES happening one after the other in a series 连续地

He’s been without sleep now for three days straight.

他已经连续三天没有睡觉了。

5 honest 诚实的HONEST (also straight out) if you say or ask something straight, you say it in an honest direct way, without trying to hide your meaning 直率地，诚实地

I just told him straight that I wouldn’t do it.

我就直接告诉他我不会做这事。

She came straight out with it and said she was leaving.

她直截了当地说她要走了。

I hope, for your sake, you’re playing it straight (=being honest).

为了你自己，我希望你说实话。

I told him straight to his face (=speaking directly to him) what I thought of him.

我当面告诉他我对他的看法。

6 think/see straight if you cannot think or see straight, you cannot think or see clearly 清楚地思考/看见

Turn the radio down – I can’t think straight.

把收音机的音量调小点，我没法好好思考了。

Examples from the Corpus

think/see straight• Since that day she had not been able to sleep, or to think straight.• The buzz made it hard to think straight.• Then she might - just might - be able to think straight.• Sooner or later he would be too exhausted to think straight and would give up the fight against himself.• You are horrified, you can not think straight, as you stare at the broken body.• On the outermost point of the peninsula we could see straight over to Midland Isle and just beyond that to Skomer Island.• Metaphorically speaking, you could see straight through him to the other side of the room.• He always saw straight to the point of an argument.

7 straight away (also straight off) British EnglishBrE spokenIMMEDIATELY immediately or without delay 立即，立刻，马上

I phoned my mum straight away.

我马上给妈妈打了电话。

Examples from the Corpus

straight away• But Bokassa's family want to open the palace straight away.• He didn't answer straight away.• Loosen the pudding and turn it out to serve straight away.• Please send your gift straight away.• Unfortunately I couldn't get out here straight away.• Unmould on to a hot plate and serve straight away.• Windeler came in straight away, Hennessy a moment after.• We can also cancel this policy straight away if you do not pay the premium or any instalment of the premium.

8 go straight informalHONEST to stop being a criminal and live an honest life 改邪归正，重新做人

Tony’s been trying to go straight for about six months.

大约六个月了，托尼一直在努力改邪归正。

Examples from the Corpus

go straight• He's been going straight for about six months now.• Tony's been trying to go straight for about six months.• Left to our own devices, we Wobegonians go straight for the small potatoes.• Job cuts are already being made and newly-qualified nurses are going straight on the dole.• When she came back she avoided his look and went straight to a small table next to the stove.• He has been born into this world and gone straight to hell.• It was some time before they were able to leave the hospital, and they went straight to Jack's barn.• He went straight up to Oxford Street and bought a tracksuit.• You can't expect these people to go straight when no one's ever going to give them a job.

9 straight up spoken

a) SERIOUS/NOT JOKINGused to ask someone if they are telling the truth 真的吗〔用于询问某人是否在说实话〕

Straight up? Did you really pay that much for it?

真的吗？买这东西你真的花了那么多钱？

b) TRUEused to emphasize that what you are saying is true 的确，真的〔用于强调自己说的是实话〕

No, straight up, I’ve never seen him before.

没有，不骗你，我以前从没见过他。

Examples from the Corpus

straight up• Ben earns $10,000 a month, straight up.• This is your second time at this college, straight up?• The rocket shot straight up and exploded overhead.• The towers of the hospital rose straight up from the edge of the highway.• At this point, the base of the golf club should point straight up into the air.• A thin crack running straight up the wall had appeared.

10. straight from the shoulder British EnglishBrE informal if someone speaks straight from the shoulder, they say things in a very direct way, without trying to be polite 直截了当地，坦诚地

Examples from the Corpus

straight from the shoulder• The jab snaps out straight from the shoulder and bounces back immediately into high guard.• Sometimes he spoke straight from the shoulder and sometimes in puzzles and parables.

Examples from the Corpus

straight• Harry was so drunk he couldn't see straight.• It's rained for eight days straight.• Terry was so drunk he couldn't walk straight.• His gaze appeared to be fixed straight ahead, and he seemed utterly at peace with himself and his surroundings.• If you look straight ahead, you'll see the church in the distance.• Serve immediately straight from the soufflé dish.• Course two hundred ten degrees straight in for the central promontory.• Jane was walking purposefully along the hall, straight towards us.• When at last it came, he carried it straight up to his bedroom and hid it under the wardrobe.

straight ahead/at/down/in front of etc• On the street straight in front of the hotel.

straight to/up/down/back etc• The Well of Loneliness: Absinthe, straight up.• Perhaps he was going to punch it straight back at the batsman.• Switching on leads you straight to Channel 2.• It is down, straight down, into the rank and file, and there is nothing to break the fall.• About 25 of us arrived and went straight to the beer tent, where we spent quite some time.• They know that we send them straight to the cells at An Dap now, nomatterhow badly they injure themselves.• Then on Monday the chauffeur drove them straight to the theatre for the show.

came straight out with it• They came straight out with it: they wanted to supply all the spirits for the club - at very reasonable prices.

Related topics: Drink

ldoce_320_cstraight2 S2 W3 adjectiveadj (comparativecomp straighter, superlativesupl straightest)

1 not bending or curving 不弯曲的STRAIGHT something that is straight does not bend or curve （笔）直的

2 level/upright 平正的/竖直的VERTICAL level or upright, and not leaning to one side 平正的，端正的；竖直的

3 truthful 诚实的HONEST honest and truthful 诚实的；真实的

4 one after another 一个接一个的 [only before noun]SERIES happening immediately one after another in a series 一个接一个的，连续的

5 tidy 整齐的 [not before noun]TIDY a room that is straight is clean and tidy and everything is in its proper place 整洁的，整齐的，有条理的

6 get something straight spokenUNDERSTAND to understand the facts of a situation and be able to tell them correctly 清楚无误地了解情况；弄清楚某事

Examples from the Corpus

get something straight• One of these days I'll get this garage straight.• The reporter didn't get the details of the story straight.• I like to get the house straight while the kids are at the youth club.

7 set/put somebody straight UNDERSTANDto make someone understand the true facts about a situation 使某人正确了解事实，使某人弄清楚情况

8 straight face SERIOUS/NOT JOKINGif you have a straight face, you are not laughing or smiling even though you would like to 严肃的表情〔指忍住不笑〕

Examples from the Corpus

straight face• For the first hundred yards we keep straight faces.• How can you say that and keep a straight face?• It was very difficult to keep a straight face.• Kemp is straining to maintain a straight face.• We start with safe conversation and straight faces.• I try and keep a straight face, but I can't help grinning at myself.• Despite the problem of trying to maintain a straight face, there are distinct advantages to being on Cube's team.• The old trick of keeping a straight face was failing him these days.

9. sexual choice 性取向 informalHOMOSEXUAL someone who is straight is attracted to people of the opposite sex 异性恋的 SYN heterosexual

10 alcoholic drink 酒DFD a straight alcoholic drink has no water or any other drink added to it 纯的，不加水[其他饮料]的

11 not owing money 不欠债的 [not before noun]OWE# spoken if two people are straight, they no longer owe money to each other 互不欠债的

12 choice/exchange 选择/交换CHOOSE [only before noun] a straight choice or exchange is between only two possible choices or things 在两者之间作选择的，非此即彼的

13 fight/competition 斗争/竞赛 [only before noun] a straight fight or competition is between only two people 〔斗争或竞争〕仅在两人之间展开的，一对一的

14. normal 正常的 informalBORING someone who is straight behaves in a way that is accepted as normal by many people but which you think is boring 一本正经的

15. not funny 无趣的 a straight actor or character does not try to make people laugh 〔演员或角色〕正统的，严肃的

16 only one type 只有一种的 completely one particular type of something 纯正的，纯粹的

17. drugs 毒品 informalDRUG someone who is straight does not take illegal drugs 不吸毒的

→ set/put the record straight at record1

Examples from the Corpus

straight• I can't stand it when your friends come to visit - they're so straight.• I like my vodka straight.• Paul's quite nice but he's awfully straight.• Her hair is blonde and very straight.• Here's your dollar back - now we're straight.• I've asked several people what happened, but no one will give me a straight answer.• Anne loved Rome, with its open spaces and long straight avenues.• She's straight but she's got a lot of lesbian friends.• The road ran dead straight for 50 miles across the desert.• He will miss his second straight game when the Kings play Edmonton tonight at the Forum.• Johnston has played in 149 straight games and started in 90 of the last 91.• The New York Rangers have won seven straight games.• Tony Blair stated that he was 'a pretty straight kind of guy'.• She realized that she wasn't walking in a straight line and was unsteady on her feet.• It is a closely-packed map with hardly a straight line or an empty space in it.• All the posts stood erect and unblemished in a dead straight line.• a straight line• First, draw two straight lines across the page using a ruler.• Straight men often feel nervous in the company of gays.• How difficult, they reasoned, could a straight quarter-mile be compared to driving 500 miles on an oval track?• The crash occurred on a straight section of the highway.• How about a straight swap, my "U2" album for this one?• straight teeth• I don't care what you've done, Mike - just be straight with me.• Did you do it? Just give me a straight yes or no.

in a straight line• Because it was attached to the straw and the string, it went in a straight line.• The snow had come down the mountain and now met us on the road, sailing toward us in straight lines.• They are like crayfish, unable to walk in a straight line.• They followed rivers for convenience, then struck out in a straight line, bisecting mountain ranges, cutting watersheds in half.• Photographs showed it to consist of twenty or more radiant pieces in a straight line, embedded inside an extensive bright cloud.• He blasted it and it went in a straight line from his foot to the top right hand corner.• So they must have thought they were still going in a straight line heading for the bullseye.• All objects have a propensity to move in straight lines, upwards or downwards, towards their natural place.

straight answer• Now that was a straight answer.• Then I want a straight answer.• You just have to give a straight answer.• Tommy gave straight answers and expected them in return.• I also want a straight answer on Charlie Northrup.• Designed to provide a straight answer to a straight question as fast as possible.

get ... straight• And Sandy helped me decide that I was gon na get it straight.• I'd better go and get it straight.• Let me see if I get this straight.• We got attention straight away, we got some kind of profile very easily.• Mr Cable should get his facts straight before he makes false allegations.• He tried to get his mind straight, hold his bearings from veering off further.• He never quite got anything straight or complete in his mind.• Let's get straight to the jelly.

straight choice• Jack had been faced with a straight choice and he had chosen his career.• Given a straight choice, I'd rather sit by a slug.

Related topics: Sport

straight3 noun

1. [singular] especially British EnglishBrEDS the straight part of a racetrack 〔跑道的〕直道（部分） →5 See picture of straight 正的, crooked 歪的

2. the straight and narrow old-fashionedHONEST an honest and morally good way of life 循规蹈矩[安分守己]的生活

Examples from the Corpus

the straight and narrow• She was frigid and strait-laced and therefore somewhat ill-equipped to keep me on the straight and narrow.• This will help you, both physically and psychologically, to get back on to the straight and narrow.• You may be able to keep us to the straight and narrow.