straighten

英['streɪtn]美['streɪtn]
  • v. 弄直；使正确；整顿；挺直

    • 记忆方法

    词根词缀法
    straight直的+-en动词词尾
      verb(动词)
      1. [ I or T ] （使）变直，（使）挺直，弄直
      2. [ T ] 使变平直；把…弄正
      3. [ T ] 整理;收拾整齐

    双解例句

    verb(动词)
    1. [ I or T ] （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。

    2. [ T ] 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。

    3. [ T ] 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。

    小知识

    When you straighten something, you either unbend it or tidy it up. So you might straighten your legs, get off the couch, and straighten the room.

    To make something straight is to straighten it. When you uncross your legs and stretch them out in front of you, you straighten them. And if you adjust a picture on the wall so it's perfectly level, you straighten it. In the the 14th century, the equivalent verb was straight — so in those days, your mom would have said, “Straight your bedroom before you go out with your friends!”

    实用短语

    1. straighten out

      结清,扯平,改正,纠正错误

    2. straighten sth out

      摆平

    3. straighten up little soldier

      小战士,振作起来,整顿小战士

    4. straighten out the economic order

      理顺经济秩序

    5. straighten up

      好转,清理,使整齐,整理

    6. straighten out your life

      改正好你的生活习惯

    7. straighten out yourself

      端正好自己

    8. straighten one's face

      板起脸,沉下脸来,翻译

    9. straighten up and fly right

      改邪归正,展翅高飞

    常用短语

    1. straighten out

      清理；使成直线；澄清；改正

    2. straighten up

      好转；改正；清理

    单词用法

    重要短语
    straighten out清理；使成直线；澄清；改正
    straighten up好转；改正；清理

    同义词

    v.改正,改过

    mend  /  new  /  oneself  /  straight  /  go  /  leaf  /  reformone'sover  /  ways  /  turn  /  a

    v.整理,整顿

    up  /  neaten  /  pick  /  arrange  /  tidy  /  in  /  fix  /  trim  /  order  /  spruce  /  put  /  clean

    v.调整,矫正,弄直,解开

    unbend  /  unsnarl  /  right  /  square  /  rectify  /  uncurl  /  straight  /  adjust  /  correct  /  set

    同根词

    词根：straight

    adj.

    straight直的；连续的；笔直的；正直的；整齐的

    adv.

    straight直接地；不断地；立即；坦率地

    n.

    straight直；直线

    straightness[机] 平直度；率直；笔直

    straightener矫直机，矫正机；矫直装置