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单词 straighten
释义
straighten
verb
uk
/ˈstreɪ.tən/us
/ˈstreɪ.ən/

straightenverb(NOT CURVING)

[IorT]
tobecomestraightor to make somethingbecomestraight:
（使）变直，（使）挺直，弄直
He straightened histie.他把领带拉正。
Herhairisnaturallycurlybut she always straightens it.她的头发是自然卷，但她老是把它拉直。
Theroadstraightensoutafter a fewmiles.公路过了几英里后就直了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things more or less smooth or straight
  • bunch
  • bunch(something)up
  • coarsen
  • coarsening
  • creased
  • crinkle
  • fold
  • foldaway
  • folding
  • furl
  • grooming
  • interfold
  • pucker
  • rumple
  • sand
  • sandpaper
  • screw
  • sleek
  • sleek back/down
  • wrinkle
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straightenverb(LEVEL)

[T]
to make somethinglevel:
使变平直；把…弄正
Thepicturefellwhile I wastryingto straighten it.我想把画的位置调正，结果它掉下来了。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things more or less smooth or straight
  • bunch
  • bunch(something)up
  • coarsen
  • coarsening
  • creased
  • crinkle
  • fold
  • foldaway
  • folding
  • furl
  • grooming
  • interfold
  • pucker
  • rumple
  • sand
  • sandpaper
  • screw
  • sleek
  • sleek back/down
  • wrinkle
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straightenverb(TIDY)

[T]
to make somethingtidy:
整理；收拾整齐
Shestoodup and straightened herclothes.她站起来，把衣服整理了一下。
Pepe wascarefulto straighten hisroombeforeleaving.佩佩很细心，走之前把房间收拾得整整齐齐。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Cleaning & tidying places & things
  • adjust
  • airing
  • bed
  • clean(someone/something)up
  • cleansomethingout
  • dusting
  • freshen
  • freshen(someone/something)up
  • going-over
  • Hoover
  • hooversomethingup
  • muck
  • re-rack
  • sandblast
  • smarten(someone/something)up
  • spiffsomeone/somethingup
  • spit and polishidiom
  • spruce
  • tidy
  • valet
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Phrasal verbs

straightensomeoneout
straightensomethingout
straighten up
straightensomethingup
(Definition ofstraightenfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

straighten| American Dictionary

straighten
verb
us
/ˈstreɪt·ən/

straightenverb(MAKE NOT BEND)

[I/T]
to make something so that it does notbend:
[I]Hershouldersstraightened, and sheclearedherthroat.
[T]Firstbendand then straightenyourleg.
[M]You must straighten out thepipe.

straightenverb(MAKE LEVEL)

[T]
to make somethinglevel:
Please straighten thelampshade– ittiltsto theright.

Phrasal verbs

straightensomeoneout
straightensomethingout
straightensomethingup
(Definition ofstraightenfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstraighten

straighten
The walls were straightened, and benches were placed in each room.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Meanwhile, he spared no effeort in straightening up the administrative and militiary affairs in the area.
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The coil was straightened by inserting a mandril, with loops then being formed by withdrawal of the mandril.
From theCambridge English Corpus
95 broadening (exs.); posterior border, initially convex, straightening.
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Initially, t he body remained horizontal, b ut as it moved forwards, the abdomen was raised and the legs were simultaneously straightened.
From theCambridge English Corpus
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.
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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).
From theCambridge English Corpus
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).
From theCambridge English Corpus
Once the position is straightened out, the giveaway will come.
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Even today, their attitude has not been straightened out.
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There are a number of anomalies which, perhaps, can be straightened out.
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Widening bridges and straightening the curves on the midland main line would do more than electrification for average speeds.
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The matter needs straightening out, and it is about time that something was done to put them on a par.
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There are bound to be many border-line cases, but they can be straightened out with good will.
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He will be intimate with them; and when things go wrong they can be straightened out amicably.
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