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ADJ-GRADED
直的;筆直的
A straight line or edge continues in the same direction and does not bend or curve.
例句
Keep the boat in a straight line...
讓船保持直線航行。
Using the straight edge as a guide, trim the cloth to size...
用直尺比照著，將布料裁剪成合適的尺寸。
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ADJ-GRADED
(頭發)直的，不卷曲的
Straight hair has no curls or waves in it.
例句
Grace had long straight dark hair which she wore in a bun.
格雷斯把一頭長長的黑色直發盤成發髻。
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ADV
筆直地;徑直地
You use straight to indicate that the way from one place to another is very direct, with no changes of direction.
例句
The ball fell straight to the feet of Klinsmann...
球直接落到了克林斯曼的腳上。
He finished his conversation and stood up, looking straight at me...
他說完話站起來，直視著我。
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ADV
立刻;馬上
If you go straight to a place, you go there immediately.
例句
As always, we went straight to the experts for advice...
像往常一樣，我們馬上去找專家咨詢。
We'll go to a meeting in Birmingham and come straight back.
我們將去伯明翰參加會議，然后馬上回來。
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ADJ-GRADED
直截了當的;直率的;坦誠的
If you give someone a straight answer, you answer them clearly and honestly.
例句
What a shifty arguer he is, refusing ever to give a straight answer.
他真是個狡詐的辯論家，總是拒絕給出直截了當的回答。
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ADJ
連續的;不間斷的
Straight means following one after the other, with no gaps or intervals.
例句
They'd won 12 straight games before they lost.
他們在輸掉比賽之前已連續贏了12場。
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ADJ
只涉及兩人(或兩物)的;(選擇)非此即彼的
A straight choice or a straight fight involves only two people or things.
例句
It's a straight choice between low-paid jobs and no jobs...
只有兩個選擇：要么是報酬很低的工作，要么就是失業。
Each has several times beaten the other in a straight fight.
雙方都曾在單打比賽中擊敗過對方幾次。
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ADJ-GRADED
正經的;正統的;規矩本分的
If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are normal and conventional, for example in their opinions and in the way they live.
例句
Dorothy was described as a very straight woman, a very strict Christian who was married to her job.
多蘿西被形容成一個非常正統的女人，一個盡職盡責、非常虔誠的基督徒。
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ADJ
異性戀的;非同性戀的
If you describe someone as straight, you mean that they are heterosexual rather than homosexual.
例句
His sexual orientation was a lot more gay than straight...
從他的性取向來看，他不像異性戀，更像個同性戀。
Marty of New York describes herself as a straight female.
紐約的馬蒂稱自己不是女同性戀者。
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ADJ
(尤指酒精飲料)純的，不摻水的
A straight drink, especially an alcoholic drink, has not had another liquid such as water added to it.
例句
...a large straight whiskey without ice...
不加冰的大杯純威士忌
Children should not drink fruit juices straight.
兒童不應該喝純果汁。
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N-COUNT
(賽道的)直道(部分)
On a racetrack, a straight is a section of the track that is straight, rather than curved.
例句
Our cars were clearly too slow along the straights...
我們的賽車在直道上跑得顯然太慢了。
I went to overtake him on the back straight on the last lap.
最后一圈時我在非終點直道上超過了他。
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PHRASE
把…弄清楚;明確
If you get something straight, you make sure that you understand it properly or that someone else does.
例句
You need to get your facts straight...
你需要講清楚你的情況。
Let's get things straight. I didn't lunch with her.
咱們把事情說清楚。我沒有和她一起吃午飯。
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PHRASE
改過自新;改邪歸正;重新做人
If a criminal is going straight, they are no longer involved in crime.
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PHRASE
走正路;過正當的生活
If something keeps people on the straight and narrow, it helps to keep them living an honest or healthy life.
例句
All her efforts to keep him on the straight and narrow have been rewarded.
她為了讓他走正道所作出的一切努力都得到了回報。
Noun
1. a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
2. a poker hand with 5 consecutive cards (regardless of suit)
3. a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
Adjective
1. successive (without a break);
"sick for five straight days"2. having no deviations;
"straight lines""straight roads across the desert""straight teeth""straight shoulders"3. (of hair) having no waves or curls;
"her naturally straight hair hung long and silky"4. erect in posture;
"behind him sat old man Arthur; he was straight with something angry in his attitude""stood defiantly with unbowed back"5. right; in keeping with the facts;
"set the record straight""made sure the facts were straight in the report"6. honest and morally upright;
"I just want a straight answer to the question""straight dealing"7. no longer coiled
8. without curves
9. neatly arranged; not disorderly;
"the room is straight now"10. characterized by honesty and fairness;
"a square deal""wanted to do the square thing"11. not homosexual
12. accurately fitted; level;
"the window frame isn't quite true"13. without water;
"took his whiskey neat"14. reliable in matters of fact;
"he was always straight with me"15. following a correct or logical method;
"straight reasoning"16. rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Adverb
1. without deviation;
"the path leads directly to the lake""went direct to the office"2. in a forthright manner; candidly or frankly;
"he didn't answer directly""told me straight out""came out flat for less work and more pay"3. in a straight line; in a direct course;
"the road runs straight"