[streit]
strait
a. 困境的,窘境的
n. 海峡

词形变化:

副词:straitly 名词:strait-ness

例句与用法:

  1. Danish navigator and explorer who in1728 sailed through the Bering Strait, proving(though he did not realize it at the time) that Asia and North America are separate continents.
    白令,维图斯1681-1741丹麦航海家、探险家,1728年驾船穿越白令海峡,证明(尽管他当时不知道)亚洲和北美洲是两片分开的大陆
  2. A province of southeast China on the East China Sea and the Formosa Strait. Agriculture and fishing are important to its economy. Fuzhou is the capital. Population, 27,130,000.
    福建中国东南部的一个省份,濒临东海和台湾海峡。经济以农业和渔业为主,省会为福州。人口27,130,000
  3. I hear you are in poor financial straits.
    我听说你处于经济困难之中。
  4. The door is rather strait.
    这门相当窄。

英英解释:

名词 strait:

  1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
  2. 同义词:sound
  3. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
  4. 同义词:pass, straits

形容词 strait:

  1. strict and severe