| 释义 |
straight adjective—直 adj (almost always used) Examples:carpenter's straight line marker (an inked cord stretched tight then lowered ontimber)—flat land one could gallop straight across (idiom); wide expanse of flat country—When we get the mountain, there'll be a way through and when the boat gets to the pier-head, it will go straight with the current (common saying); fig. Everything will turn out for the best.—lit. bashing sideways and colliding straight on (idiom); push through shoving and bumping—lit. go straight (idiom, from Analects); to act with integrity—lit. If the upper beam is not straight, the lower beam will be crooked (idiom); fig. subordinates imitate their superiors' vices—tall and straight (of trees)—geocentric latitude (i.e. angle between the equatorial plane and straight line from center of the earth)—rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion a high post—broken line (continuous figure made up of straight line segments)—lit. a straight foot has no fear of a crooked shoe—compasses, set square and straight line marker (idiom); fig. established standard—chord (straight line joining two points on a curve)—lit. right and wrong, crooked and straight (idiom); fig. merits and demerits—line up (to arrange in a straight line)—lit. not following the straight path (idiom); fig. looking for a shortcut get ahead in work or study—straight talk, nothing taboo (idiom); frank and straightforward—classifier for objects organized in a straight line— |