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单词 strut
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Definition of strut in English:

strut

nounPlural struts strʌtstrət
  • 1A rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression.

    支柱,支杆,撑杆

    a supporting strut
    a spindly framework of long, slender struts, girders, and bracing wire
    Example sentencesExamples
    • A horizontal V-shaped strut overhangs the old balustrade, suspended from a series of steel bowstring arches.
    • I laughed as the landing struts slowly eased off the ground.
    • In the air, its high wing and lack of wing struts gave occupants exceptional visibility.
    • Without adding much weight to a structure, struts allow it to resist bending and buckling.
    • I cannot conceive that the connector strut would be positioned out of the common cylindrical surface.
    • The steel strut is a fabricated plate box girder weighing 800 lb/ft.
    • Mr BW has put a sheet of wood underneath him to spread the load across the metal frame struts.
    • Each wheel was carried in a fork formed by a pair of hydraulic shock absorber struts.
    • My hand was resting on a curved metal strut that could have been the edge of a hold.
    • Outside, the wave shapes are secured from coastal winds by steel struts, a reference to masts.
    • Mazda also added a strut tower bar to help stiffen up the chassis.
    • His cars would be constructed on a lightweight steel backbone with independent strut suspension all-round.
    • First, let's discuss cars that use a strut front suspension with a top stud mount.
    • Vertical struts are joined to both the joists and rafters.
    • Two wide wing bracing struts were built from steel tube and balsa wood and fabric covered.
    • The struts of the high girders, which plunge down from the top like the tracks of a rollercoaster, are not absolutely straight.
    • All you have to do is take the hammer strut off your old hammer and put it on the new one.
    • Hinged struts connect transporter beams, much like a train.
    • He allowed himself to slide to the side of the ship and catch a piece of the landing strut.
    • I countered with power as the nose gear landing strut extended.
    Synonyms
    rod, pole, stake, stick, batten, shaft, shank, rail, pale, paling, spar, strut, support, prop, spoke, crosspiece, girder, beam, boom
  • 2in singular A stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait.

    高傲自负;昂首挺胸的步态

    that old confident strut and swagger has returned

    那种原有的目中无人、昂首阔步、得意忘形的神态又回来了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He walked along with the confident strut that many athletes have.
    • True, Townsend's famous leaps across stage are more of a strut after 35 years, but the old windmill chords are still there.
    • Juan has that arrogant and elegant strut about him when he plays which all world-class players have.
    • Her run had slowed into a cocky strut.
    • English - or, to be more accurate, American - is the one and only language of rock 'n' roll's strut and swagger.
    • Within seconds it stutters its way into a samba breakdown and reggae strut before galloping to a repeat.
    • In a way, I had been in love with him since the moment I saw him on the dock, walking towards us with that confidant strut.
    • He restored the city's confidence in local government, and this put a strut in the city's step.
    • No one had his look, his air of total confidence and that cocky strut.
    Synonyms
    strut, parading, roll, prancing
verbstrutted, strutting, struts strʌtstrət
  • 1no object, with adverbial Walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait.

    高傲自负;昂首挺胸的步态

    peacocks strut through the grounds

    孔雀神气活现地走过场地。

    she strutted down the catwalk
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They prance and strut in front of the mirrors, as if their fairy godmother has waved her wand and said: ‘You shall go to the ball!’
    • Another guy walked in, strutting towards the group.
    • Peacocks strutted about the vast hall, displaying fine plumage and lustrous silks to everyone in the room.
    • At Prestonfield you watch peacocks strut around manicured lawns before retiring to amazing stuccoed rooms.
    • She struts peacock-like from one side of the stage to the other, gripping the pole like a chair-lift banister.
    • For the finale, fishy similarities of Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott strut and prance, while the real-life divas sing through the closing credits.
    • Jaelyn whispered in Brooke's ear as Hugh walked, no, strutted into the room.
    • The arrogance is masterful as Hicks struts, peacock like, around the stage, posing and displaying his wounded body.
    • Watching him strut confidently through the role is a joy.
    • Without another word he rose from the ground and strutted out of the room leaving her to think of the words he had just said.
    • If the studs strutted around exposing their biceps, women simply walked away with the honours.
    • A noisy courtship begins in earnest in November, with squawking, prancing, and strutting.
    • They go against armed forces numbering 120,000, armed with AK 47s and strutting with pride and arrogance.
    • After basic training, the two had strutted like peacocks before family and friends.
    • He bowed and walked off briskly through the ticket barriers, strutting like some sort of peacock.
    • Archer does tend to strut around rather arrogantly, and on this occasion his behaviour was inappropriate.
    • However in my opinion he is nothing but an over glorified peacock the way he struts around the school like he owns it.
    • Russ waddled in a feeble stride as the daughter strutted with a youthful arrogance.
    • She normally sat at the opposite end of the room, but had strutted over, sashaying her hips to talk with him.
    • He struts with imperial stride to the wharf and down center stage.
    Synonyms
    swagger, swank, parade, prance, flounce, stride, sweep
    walk confidently, walk arrogantly
    North American informal sashay
    rare peacock
  • 2with object Brace (something) with a strut or struts.

    支撑;撑开

    the holes were close-boarded and strutted

    那些洞被木板紧密围封并加有支撑。

    Synonyms
    brace, tether, wire, prop, support, truss, buttress, shore up, stake, stick

Phrases

  • strut one's stuff

    • informal Dance or behave in a confident and expressive way.

      〈非正式〉自信而富有表现力地跳舞;(行为)炫耀

      tonight you'll be strutting your funky stuff on the dance floor
      next season he'll be strutting his stuff in Europe
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He looked the opposite way and witnessed groups of men and women at the dance stage, strutting their stuff.
      • Stuff yourself while live dancers strut their stuff to Brazillian rhythms.
      • Rap music reigned in the background, and others were on the dance floor, strutting their stuff.
      • It's a light-hearted beginning to the season, offering a chance for students to strut their stuff in a play that's pure fun.
      • Badminton takes centre-stage on Friday nights with children on court from 7.30 to 9pm and adults strutting their stuff between 9 and 11 pm.
      • They can be found strutting their stuff in the Community Centre on Monday nights at 8.30 pm.
      • The trendy teens won't be the only ones strutting their stuff on the streets of Ballina during the Shopping Festival.
      • In 1985, aged 20, she met her future husband while strutting her stuff on the dance floor and they were married four years later.
      • Elsewhere the Bratton School Dance Club strutted their stuff with Olympic and English numbers.
      • And the Swindon-born marketing co-ordinator is now confident that she is one step closer to strutting her stuff on the catwalk.

Derivatives

  • strutter

  • noun
    • Indeed, Harris is as much a stubborn-headed strutter as his hired front men.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He was a singular strutter, the genuine article, a centre who could create on the hoof and who didn't play by numbers.
      • Loewer was the club's projected No.3 strutter before missing the 2000 season with a broken leg and then shoulder surgery.
  • struttingly

  • adverbˈstrʌtɪŋliˈstrədɪŋli
    • Then he suddenly becomes struttingly self-confident, only to crumple when he finally faces Macduff in battle and learns the truth.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Slowly and struttingly did the man of two virtues perform the whole pilgrimage of Oxford-street.
      • Yet she finds that there, too, she is manipulated and marginalised by struttingly self-important men and their simpering handmaidens.

Origin

Old English strūtian 'protrude stiffly', of Germanic origin. Current senses date from the late 16th century.

Rhymes

abut, but, butt, cut, glut, gut, hut, intercut, jut, Mut, mutt, phut, putt, rut, scut, shortcut, shut, slut, smut, tut, undercut

Definition of strut in US English:

strut

nounstrətstrət
  • 1A rod or bar forming part of a framework and designed to resist compression.

    支柱,支杆,撑杆

    Example sentencesExamples
    • First, let's discuss cars that use a strut front suspension with a top stud mount.
    • I countered with power as the nose gear landing strut extended.
    • Each wheel was carried in a fork formed by a pair of hydraulic shock absorber struts.
    • The struts of the high girders, which plunge down from the top like the tracks of a rollercoaster, are not absolutely straight.
    • Two wide wing bracing struts were built from steel tube and balsa wood and fabric covered.
    • The steel strut is a fabricated plate box girder weighing 800 lb/ft.
    • My hand was resting on a curved metal strut that could have been the edge of a hold.
    • Outside, the wave shapes are secured from coastal winds by steel struts, a reference to masts.
    • Hinged struts connect transporter beams, much like a train.
    • Without adding much weight to a structure, struts allow it to resist bending and buckling.
    • He allowed himself to slide to the side of the ship and catch a piece of the landing strut.
    • All you have to do is take the hammer strut off your old hammer and put it on the new one.
    • In the air, its high wing and lack of wing struts gave occupants exceptional visibility.
    • His cars would be constructed on a lightweight steel backbone with independent strut suspension all-round.
    • A horizontal V-shaped strut overhangs the old balustrade, suspended from a series of steel bowstring arches.
    • I laughed as the landing struts slowly eased off the ground.
    • Vertical struts are joined to both the joists and rafters.
    • Mr BW has put a sheet of wood underneath him to spread the load across the metal frame struts.
    • I cannot conceive that the connector strut would be positioned out of the common cylindrical surface.
    • Mazda also added a strut tower bar to help stiffen up the chassis.
    Synonyms
    rod, pole, stake, stick, batten, shaft, shank, rail, pale, paling, spar, strut, support, prop, spoke, crosspiece, girder, beam, boom
  • 2in singular A stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait.

    高傲自负;昂首挺胸的步态

    that old confident strut and swagger has returned

    那种原有的目中无人、昂首阔步、得意忘形的神态又回来了。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Juan has that arrogant and elegant strut about him when he plays which all world-class players have.
    • In a way, I had been in love with him since the moment I saw him on the dock, walking towards us with that confidant strut.
    • He restored the city's confidence in local government, and this put a strut in the city's step.
    • True, Townsend's famous leaps across stage are more of a strut after 35 years, but the old windmill chords are still there.
    • Within seconds it stutters its way into a samba breakdown and reggae strut before galloping to a repeat.
    • No one had his look, his air of total confidence and that cocky strut.
    • Her run had slowed into a cocky strut.
    • He walked along with the confident strut that many athletes have.
    • English - or, to be more accurate, American - is the one and only language of rock 'n' roll's strut and swagger.
    Synonyms
    strut, parading, roll, prancing
verbstrətstrət
  • 1no object, with adverbial Walk with a stiff, erect, and apparently arrogant or conceited gait.

    高傲自负;昂首挺胸的步态

    peacocks strut through the grounds

    孔雀神气活现地走过场地。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • He struts with imperial stride to the wharf and down center stage.
    • For the finale, fishy similarities of Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott strut and prance, while the real-life divas sing through the closing credits.
    • A noisy courtship begins in earnest in November, with squawking, prancing, and strutting.
    • He bowed and walked off briskly through the ticket barriers, strutting like some sort of peacock.
    • Without another word he rose from the ground and strutted out of the room leaving her to think of the words he had just said.
    • The arrogance is masterful as Hicks struts, peacock like, around the stage, posing and displaying his wounded body.
    • If the studs strutted around exposing their biceps, women simply walked away with the honours.
    • She normally sat at the opposite end of the room, but had strutted over, sashaying her hips to talk with him.
    • Peacocks strutted about the vast hall, displaying fine plumage and lustrous silks to everyone in the room.
    • She struts peacock-like from one side of the stage to the other, gripping the pole like a chair-lift banister.
    • Jaelyn whispered in Brooke's ear as Hugh walked, no, strutted into the room.
    • They go against armed forces numbering 120,000, armed with AK 47s and strutting with pride and arrogance.
    • However in my opinion he is nothing but an over glorified peacock the way he struts around the school like he owns it.
    • Watching him strut confidently through the role is a joy.
    • After basic training, the two had strutted like peacocks before family and friends.
    • Archer does tend to strut around rather arrogantly, and on this occasion his behaviour was inappropriate.
    • At Prestonfield you watch peacocks strut around manicured lawns before retiring to amazing stuccoed rooms.
    • Russ waddled in a feeble stride as the daughter strutted with a youthful arrogance.
    • Another guy walked in, strutting towards the group.
    • They prance and strut in front of the mirrors, as if their fairy godmother has waved her wand and said: ‘You shall go to the ball!’
    Synonyms
    swagger, swank, parade, prance, flounce, stride, sweep
  • 2with object Brace (something) with a strut or struts.

    支撑;撑开

    the holes were close-boarded and strutted

    那些洞被木板紧密围封并加有支撑。

    Synonyms
    brace, tether, wire, prop, support, truss, buttress, shore up, stake, stick

Phrases

  • strut one's stuff

    • informal Dance or behave in a confident and expressive way.

      〈非正式〉自信而富有表现力地跳舞;(行为)炫耀

      Example sentencesExamples
      • And the Swindon-born marketing co-ordinator is now confident that she is one step closer to strutting her stuff on the catwalk.
      • They can be found strutting their stuff in the Community Centre on Monday nights at 8.30 pm.
      • It's a light-hearted beginning to the season, offering a chance for students to strut their stuff in a play that's pure fun.
      • Stuff yourself while live dancers strut their stuff to Brazillian rhythms.
      • In 1985, aged 20, she met her future husband while strutting her stuff on the dance floor and they were married four years later.
      • The trendy teens won't be the only ones strutting their stuff on the streets of Ballina during the Shopping Festival.
      • Rap music reigned in the background, and others were on the dance floor, strutting their stuff.
      • He looked the opposite way and witnessed groups of men and women at the dance stage, strutting their stuff.
      • Badminton takes centre-stage on Friday nights with children on court from 7.30 to 9pm and adults strutting their stuff between 9 and 11 pm.
      • Elsewhere the Bratton School Dance Club strutted their stuff with Olympic and English numbers.

Origin

Old English strūtian ‘protrude stiffly’, of Germanic origin. Current senses date from the late 16th century.

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