Straight

[streɪt] or [stret]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit).

(adj.) in keeping with the facts; 'set the record straight'; 'made sure the facts were straight in the report' .

(adj.) successive (without a break); 'sick for five straight days' .

(adj.) following a correct or logical method; 'straight reasoning' .

(adj.) (of hair) having no waves or curls; 'her naturally straight hair hung long and silky' .

(adj.) not homosexual .

(adj.) erect in posture; 'sit straight'; 'stood defiantly with unbowed back' .

(adj.) having no deviations; 'straight lines'; 'straight roads across the desert'; 'straight teeth'; 'straight shoulders' .

(adj.) free from curves or angles; 'a straight line' .

(adj.) characterized by honesty and fairness; 'straight dealing'; 'a square deal' .

(adj.) neatly arranged; not disorderly; 'the room is straight now' .

(adv.) in a straight line; in a direct course; 'the road runs straight'.

錄入:米歇尔--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(a.) A variant of Strait, a.

(superl.) Right, in a mathematical sense; passing from one point to another by the nearest course; direct; not deviating or crooked; as, a straight line or course; a straight piece of timber.

(superl.) Approximately straight; not much curved; as, straight ribs are such as pass from the base of a leaf to the apex, with a small curve.

(superl.) Composed of cards which constitute a regular sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.

(superl.) Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.

(superl.) Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight.

(superl.) Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the organization and candidates of a political party; as, a straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a party and no others; as, a straight ballot.

(adv.) In a straight manner; directly; rightly; forthwith; immediately; as, the arrow went straight to the mark.

(n.) A hand of five cards in consecutive order as to value; a sequence. When they are of one suit, it is calles straight flush.

(v. t.) To straighten.

校對:凯特

同義詞及近義詞：

a. [1]. Rectilinear, direct, short, near, right, undeviating, not crooked, not curved.[2]. Vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular.[3]. Just, fair, honorable, straightforward.

ad. Immediately, directly, forthwith, straightway, at once, without delay.

編輯:默里

同義詞及反義詞：

SYN:Direct, rectilinear, undeviating, unswerving, right, nearest

ANT:Indirect, winding, incurved, tortuous, sinuous, serpentine, circuitous, waving,crooked

伊桑錄入

解釋/意思:

adj. direct: being in a right line: not crooked: nearest: upright: free from disorder: honourable fair: unqualified out-and-out: consisting of a sequence at poker: (slang) undiluted neat as a dram of whisky &c. direct authoritative reliable.—adv. immediately: in the shortest time.—v.t. to straighten.—n. Straight′-arch an arch in the form of two sides of an isosceles triangle.—adjs. Straight′away straight forward; Straight′-cut cut lengthwise of the leaf of tobacco.—n. Straight′-edge a narrow board or piece of metal having one edge perfectly straight for applying to a surface to ascertain whether it be exactly even.—v.t. Straight′en to make straight.—ns. Straight′ener one who or that which straightens; Straight′-face a sober unsmiling face.—adv. Straight′forth directly: henceforth.—adj. Straightfor′ward going forward in a straight course: honest: open: downright.—adv. Straightfor′wardly.—n. Straightfor′wardness direction in a straight course: undeviating rectitude.—adv. Straight′ly tightly: closely.—n. Straight′ness narrowness: tightness.—adjs. Straight′-out out-and-out; Straight′-pight (Shak.) straight erect.—adv. Straight′way directly: immediately: without loss of time.

校對:伊薇特