strait

noun

1. 海峡；（联结两大水域的）水道
   a narrow passage of water that connects two seas or large areas of water
   1. the Strait(s) of Gibraltar
      直布罗陀海峡
2. （尤指经济拮据引起的）困境，境况窘迫
   a very difficult situation especially because of lack of money
   1. The factory is in dire straits .
      工厂岌岌可危。
   2. She found herself in desperate financial straits.
      她发觉自己经济状况极为窘迫。

1. N-COUNT; N-IN-NAMES 海峡;(连接两大海域的)水道
   You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or the straits .
   1. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
      估计每年有 1,600 艘船通过该海峡。
   2. ...the Straits of Gibraltar.
      直布罗陀海峡
2. N-PLURAL (通常指因缺钱造成的)困境，窘迫
   If someone is in dire or desperate straits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money.
   1. If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits...
      假如我们有了小孩，我们会真正陷入困境。
   2. The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
      该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。

1. Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
   也门完全控制着红海南端的海峡。
2. An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
   估计每年有1,600艘船通过该海峡。
3. If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits
   假如我们有了小孩，我们会真正陷入困境。
4. The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
   该公司的倒闭让很多小商人陷入了经济困境。
5. The Bering Strait parts North America from Asia.
   白令海峡把北美洲和亚洲分开。
6. It is separated from the Indian subcontinent by the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
   马纳尔湾和保克海峡将其与印度次大陆分开。
7. The Chukchi Sea lies between Alaska and Russia just north of the Bering Strait.
   楚科奇海位于阿拉斯加和俄国之间的白令海峡北部。
8. My arid heart revived; my affliction is lightened; my strait and struggle are gone.
   我的枯干的心田复活了，我的痛苦减轻了，我的艰苦和挣扎过去了。
9. A city of northern Kyushu, Japan, on the channel connecting the Inland Sea with the Korea Strait.
   北九州日本九州岛北端一城市，位于连接濑户内海和朝鲜海峡的海峡边。
10. The Strait of Gibraltar connects the Mediterranean Sea and the atlantic Ocean.
    直布罗陀海峡连接着地中海和大西洋。
11. Part of the North Pacific between Alaska and Siberia; connected to the Arctic Ocean by the Bering Strait.
    北太平洋位于阿拉斯加州和西伯利亚之间的部分；通过白令海峡与北冰洋相连。
12. I must abandon vessel after piracy in the west mouth of Malacca Strait.
    我船在马六甲海峡西出口被海盗抢劫后必须弃船。
13. The ban on direct transport across the Strait has had similar effects.
    对海峡两岸直航的禁令也起到了类似的效果。
14. Red Cross organizations on both sides of the Taiwan Strait have worked together for decades already.
    台湾海峡两岸的红十字会已经合作了数十年。
15. A strait between Korea and Japan; connects the East China Sea and the Sea of Japan.
    位于朝鲜和日本之间的一个海峡；连接中国东海和日本海。
16. This invariance requirement has been a strait jacket on the free invention of scientists.
    这个不变性要求，已经成了套在科学家的自由创造上的一件紧身衣。
17. The waters inside the base lines, including Bohai Bay and Giongzhou Strait, are China's inland sea.
    在基线以内的水域，包括渤海湾、琼州海峡在内，都是中国的内海。
18. In response to the warning, Singapore and Malaysia boosted Malacca Strait security.
    警告发出后，新加坡和马来西亚都加强了对马六甲海峡的安保措施。
19. I first came to North American in prehistoric times when I crossed the Bering Strait land bridge from Eurasia.
    在史前时期，我从欧亚大陆穿越白令海峡、走过陆地、桥第一次来到了北美。
20. A strategically important strait linking the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
    一个有重要战略地位的海湾，连接波斯湾和阿曼湾。
21. A narrow strait connecting two bodies of water.
    一个连接两个水体的狭窄海峡。
22. Starting from Spain, bypassing South America, found that Magellan Strait, and then crossing the Pacific.
    从西班牙出发，绕过南美洲，发现麦哲伦海峡，然后横渡太平洋。
23. They studied the Bering Strait's potential impact on glacial oscillations.
    他们研究了白令海峡对冰期振荡的潜在影响。
24. The Strait of Malacca lies between Malaysia and Sumatra.
    马六甲海峡位于马来西亚和苏门答腊之间。
25. A strait connecting the Bering Sea to the Arctic Ocean.
    连接白令海和北冰洋的一个海峡。
26. Only a narrow strait separates North America from asia.
    北美洲与亚洲之间只隔一条狭窄的海峡。
27. The strait between the English Channel and the North sea; shortest distance between England and the European continent.
    位于英吉利海峡和北海之间的一个海峡；英国和欧洲大陆的最短距离。
28. The road to the Ruhr, and to Tokyo, lies through the Strait of Hormuz.
    通向鲁尔和通向东京的道路现在要通过霍尔木兹海峡。
29. The results show that Kuroshio deformation takes the perpetual shape of'loop'in Luzon Strait.
    研究结果表明，黑潮在吕宋海峡的形变以“流套”的形式常年存在。
30. The strait between the Aegean and the Sea of Marmara that separates European from Asian Turkey.
    位于爱琴海和马尔马拉海之间的一个海峡，它将欧洲和亚洲土耳其分离。

noun

1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water

   Synonym:    sound

2. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs

   Synonym:    passstraits

adj

1. narrow
   1. strait is the gate