单词 | straight |
例句 | straight adjective 1.•a long, straight road:unswerving, undeviating, linear, as straight as an arrow, uncurving, unbending. ANT winding, zigzag. 2.•that picture isn't straight:level, even, in line, aligned, square | vertical, upright, perpendicular | horizontal. ANT askew, crooked. 3.•we must get the place straight:in order, (neat and) tidy, neat, shipshape, orderly, spick and span, organized, arranged, sorted out, straightened out. ANT untidy, messy. 4.•a straight answer:honest, direct, frank, candid, truthful, sincere, forthright, straightforward, plain-spoken, blunt, straight from the shoulder, unequivocal, unambiguous | informal upfront. ANT indirect, evasive. 5.•straight thinking:logical, rational, clear, lucid, sound, coherent. ANT irrational, illogical. 6.•three straight wins:successive, in succession, consecutive, in a row, running. 7.•straight brandy:undiluted, neat, pure, straight up. ANT diluted. 8.informal •she's very straight:respectable, conventional, conservative, traditional, old-fashioned, straitlaced | informal stuffy, square, fuddy-duddy.▶adverb 1.•he looked me straight in the eyes:right, directly, squarely, full | informal smack, bang, spang, smack dab. 2.•she drove straight home:directly, right, by a direct route. 3.•I'll call you straight back:right away, straightaway, immediately, directly, at once | archaic straightway. 4.•I told her straight:frankly, directly, candidly, honestly, forthrightly, plainly, point-blank, bluntly, flatly, straight from the shoulder, without beating about the bush, without mincing words, unequivocally, unambiguously, in plain English, to someone's face, straight up. 5.•he can't think straight:logically, rationally, clearly, lucidly, coherently, cogently. PHRASES go straight •maybe a few nights in jail will inspire him to go straight:reform, mend one's ways, turn over a new leaf, get back on the straight and narrow. straight from the shoulder •I have to tell you the truth straight from the shoulder. See |
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