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- （亦作straits）a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or two large areas of water海峡：
in place names the Straits of Gibraltar.直布罗陀海峡。
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straits
used in reference to a situation characterized by a specified degree of trouble or difficulty困境; 窘迫：the economy is in dire straits
经济处于极端困难的境地
redundancy left him in severe financial straits.
被裁员下岗使他陷入严重的经济困难。
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- archaic (of a place) of limited spatial capacity; narrow or cramped〈古〉（地方）空间有限的; 狭窄的, 狭促的：
the road was so strait that a handful of men might have defended it.
那条路那么窄, 几个人可能就守得住。
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- close, strict, or rigorous严格的, 严密的, 精确的：
my captivity was strait as ever.
我被囚禁得和以往一样严。
派生词
straitly
adverbstraitness
noun词源
Middle English: shortening of Old French estreit 'tight, narrow', from Latin strictus 'drawn tight' （see STRICT）.