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单词 straightaway
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Definition of straightaway in English:

straightaway

adverbˌstreɪtəˈweɪˌstreɪdəˈweɪ
  • variant spelling of "straight away" at straight
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Dr Wilson said that had Mr Collins been treated by medical staff straightaway he could still be alive today.
    • Linda took the courageous decision to waive her anonymity in the hope of encouraging other victims of sexual and physical abuse to report their situations to the police straightaway.
    • The Inspector, who was also at the meeting, urged anyone finding drugs paraphernalia, including burned tin foil and syringes, to contact the police straightaway.
    • As he is definitely among the top three cricketers India has ever produced, he will command the respect of the boys straightaway.
    • Anyone who finds the bag or contents is also urged to contact Swindon police straightaway.
    • He had joined the team late and straightaway plunged into competition without quite getting acclimatised to the extreme weather conditions or showing concern for fitness.
    • He said people who see someone acting suspiciously near a home should call the police straightaway.
    • Cheerful customers can then walk in and fire up their laptops straightaway, without fuss.
    • The philosopher did not accept these invitations straightaway.
    • I'm aware that it takes time for a defence to learn to play together but we need results straightaway.
    • ‘Do you know, I recognised you straightaway from the photo in the paper,’ one of them said.
    • The track and field events finally get under way today and straightaway two of Britain's best medal hopes are in action.
    • Anyway, we didn't get back until after three that afternoon and straightaway I checked with Penman about the Meg situation.
    • Child protection officers will be under instructions to report any allegations straightaway to Mr Morris and to appropriate authorities such as police and social services.
    • It is quite obvious that if he could get someone better, he would have dumped you straightaway.
    • The 1.3-litre engine will put off a certain section of people straightaway.
    • But Tameside Hospital has opened a clinic which can treat suspected sufferers straightaway.
    • If he had given the photos straightaway to a museum or other institution they might have been filed away for years until someone got around to looking at them.
    • And straightaway I found the canal a hypnotic companion.
    • A few lucky people become friends straightaway, soon after they meet or get introduced to each other.
adjectiveˌstreɪtəˈweɪˌstreɪdəˈweɪ
North American
  • Extending or moving in a straight line.

    〈北美〉直线延伸的;直线移动的

    the straightaway hitter sprays his hits to all fields
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The course is short at 6,157 yards and fairly flat with straightaway holes.
    • It was the longest ever hole-in-one achieved on a straightaway golf hole.
    • He is not a natural center fielder, and the depth of the balls hit to straightaway center are often the toughest to judge.
    • Alley hit a sinking line drive to straightaway center field that got by Day, who dived to make a sprawling catch but came up short.
    • However, it was the distance to straightaway center field - 560 feet - that undoubtedly helped Delahanty collect his four inside-the-park homers.
    • The fourth hole on the South nine actually has two greens - one that makes it play as a straightaway par 4, and another that turns it into a dogleg right.
    • Just the addition of this no-nonsense straightaway runner, should ignite the running game behind an improved behemoth offensive line.
    • He disappeared down the straightaway stretch before I could realize what was happening.
    • Some people would go for all-around straightaway speed and they couldn't get through the corners.
    • Michael is one of the fastest straightaway runners in the league, and defenses must change the way they play when he's in the game.
    • Chipper's second shot came on a change that Francis left just a little too high, and Jones took it to straightaway center.
nounˌstreɪtəˈweɪˌstreɪdəˈweɪ
North American
  • A straight section of a road or racetrack.

    〈北美〉(道路或跑道的)直道

    his skis shudder wildly as he tops 90 on the straightaways
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cars typically run well there because their horsepower helps so much down the three long straightaways.
    • The little karts reach speeds of more than 65 miles per hour on the straightaways.
    • The drivers' heart rates were slow and steady in the straightaways and increased markedly in the turns due to stress.
    • Because of the long straightaways, the cars carry a lot of speed into the flat and sharp turns, which is where you'll see a lot of wrecks.
    • The track has four distinct turns and straightaways, a layout unchanged since the facility opened in 1909.
    • Drivers can hold the throttle wide open on the straightaways at both tracks, but when the cars get into the corners, distinct characteristics emerge.
    • He blasted down the longest straightaway, reaching a speed of about 200 miles per hour.
    • The cars lose much more speed in the corners, then accelerate down the straightaways.
    • It's a challenging track; you're never on a straightaway.
    • We had no trouble coming to quick stops on dry or snow-covered surfaces, over straightaways or around corners.
    • It will be crucial to have a basic understanding of how to tweak car components for the best possible results during a race, tweaking for straightaways, hills, corners, and so forth.
    • With its hairpin turns and limited straightaways, Martinsville is a track where an accident is always right around the corner.
    • Bristol's straightaways are long enough for some quick bursts of speed, especially when a driver can take momentum out of a corner.
    • Save the line-jumping and position-swapping for straightaways.
    • Fixed front wheel designs are perfect for serious joggers because they require very little effort to steer on long straightaways.
    • It's got relatively long straightaways but very sweeping corners.
    • If she got going fast enough on the straightaway she could get air and pull a three-sixty when she landed.
    • A typical 400-meter quadrant track consists of two parallel straightaways connected at the ends by concentric semicircles.
    • There's plenty of room for four-wide [racing] on the back straightaway, but there's not room for it once you get to the corner.
    • I run and bicycle long distances a lot and I commonly traverse straightaways that clearly appear to be slightly uphill.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of straightaway in US English:

straightaway

adverbˌstreɪdəˈweɪˌstrādəˈwā
  • variant spelling of "straight away" at straight
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Anyway, we didn't get back until after three that afternoon and straightaway I checked with Penman about the Meg situation.
    • As he is definitely among the top three cricketers India has ever produced, he will command the respect of the boys straightaway.
    • ‘Do you know, I recognised you straightaway from the photo in the paper,’ one of them said.
    • The track and field events finally get under way today and straightaway two of Britain's best medal hopes are in action.
    • Cheerful customers can then walk in and fire up their laptops straightaway, without fuss.
    • A few lucky people become friends straightaway, soon after they meet or get introduced to each other.
    • He said people who see someone acting suspiciously near a home should call the police straightaway.
    • Dr Wilson said that had Mr Collins been treated by medical staff straightaway he could still be alive today.
    • He had joined the team late and straightaway plunged into competition without quite getting acclimatised to the extreme weather conditions or showing concern for fitness.
    • Linda took the courageous decision to waive her anonymity in the hope of encouraging other victims of sexual and physical abuse to report their situations to the police straightaway.
    • Anyone who finds the bag or contents is also urged to contact Swindon police straightaway.
    • It is quite obvious that if he could get someone better, he would have dumped you straightaway.
    • But Tameside Hospital has opened a clinic which can treat suspected sufferers straightaway.
    • The 1.3-litre engine will put off a certain section of people straightaway.
    • The philosopher did not accept these invitations straightaway.
    • I'm aware that it takes time for a defence to learn to play together but we need results straightaway.
    • The Inspector, who was also at the meeting, urged anyone finding drugs paraphernalia, including burned tin foil and syringes, to contact the police straightaway.
    • If he had given the photos straightaway to a museum or other institution they might have been filed away for years until someone got around to looking at them.
    • And straightaway I found the canal a hypnotic companion.
    • Child protection officers will be under instructions to report any allegations straightaway to Mr Morris and to appropriate authorities such as police and social services.
adjectiveˌstreɪdəˈweɪˌstrādəˈwā
North American
  • Extending or moving in a straight line.

    〈北美〉直线延伸的;直线移动的

    the straightaway hitter sprays his hits to all fields
    Example sentencesExamples
    • It was the longest ever hole-in-one achieved on a straightaway golf hole.
    • The fourth hole on the South nine actually has two greens - one that makes it play as a straightaway par 4, and another that turns it into a dogleg right.
    • Michael is one of the fastest straightaway runners in the league, and defenses must change the way they play when he's in the game.
    • Chipper's second shot came on a change that Francis left just a little too high, and Jones took it to straightaway center.
    • However, it was the distance to straightaway center field - 560 feet - that undoubtedly helped Delahanty collect his four inside-the-park homers.
    • Just the addition of this no-nonsense straightaway runner, should ignite the running game behind an improved behemoth offensive line.
    • The course is short at 6,157 yards and fairly flat with straightaway holes.
    • Some people would go for all-around straightaway speed and they couldn't get through the corners.
    • Alley hit a sinking line drive to straightaway center field that got by Day, who dived to make a sprawling catch but came up short.
    • He disappeared down the straightaway stretch before I could realize what was happening.
    • He is not a natural center fielder, and the depth of the balls hit to straightaway center are often the toughest to judge.
nounˌstreɪdəˈweɪˌstrādəˈwā
North American
  • A straight section of a road or racetrack.

    〈北美〉(道路或跑道的)直道

    his skis shudder wildly as he tops 90 on the straightaways
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cars typically run well there because their horsepower helps so much down the three long straightaways.
    • The track has four distinct turns and straightaways, a layout unchanged since the facility opened in 1909.
    • Bristol's straightaways are long enough for some quick bursts of speed, especially when a driver can take momentum out of a corner.
    • With its hairpin turns and limited straightaways, Martinsville is a track where an accident is always right around the corner.
    • It's got relatively long straightaways but very sweeping corners.
    • We had no trouble coming to quick stops on dry or snow-covered surfaces, over straightaways or around corners.
    • It's a challenging track; you're never on a straightaway.
    • If she got going fast enough on the straightaway she could get air and pull a three-sixty when she landed.
    • The cars lose much more speed in the corners, then accelerate down the straightaways.
    • Drivers can hold the throttle wide open on the straightaways at both tracks, but when the cars get into the corners, distinct characteristics emerge.
    • There's plenty of room for four-wide [racing] on the back straightaway, but there's not room for it once you get to the corner.
    • Because of the long straightaways, the cars carry a lot of speed into the flat and sharp turns, which is where you'll see a lot of wrecks.
    • I run and bicycle long distances a lot and I commonly traverse straightaways that clearly appear to be slightly uphill.
    • Fixed front wheel designs are perfect for serious joggers because they require very little effort to steer on long straightaways.
    • The little karts reach speeds of more than 65 miles per hour on the straightaways.
    • He blasted down the longest straightaway, reaching a speed of about 200 miles per hour.
    • A typical 400-meter quadrant track consists of two parallel straightaways connected at the ends by concentric semicircles.
    • It will be crucial to have a basic understanding of how to tweak car components for the best possible results during a race, tweaking for straightaways, hills, corners, and so forth.
    • Save the line-jumping and position-swapping for straightaways.
    • The drivers' heart rates were slow and steady in the straightaways and increased markedly in the turns due to stress.
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