单词
strait
读音
streɪt
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词根
"Strait" 可追溯到拉丁语 "strictus"，意思是 “狭窄的。” 共享该词根的单词有"strict"（严格的）、"restrict"（限制）等。
释义
n. 海峡，水道；（经济上的）困境，窘迫 adj. 狭窄的；严格的，精确的；苦恼的 adv. 严格地，精确地 n. (Strait) （美）斯特雷特（人名） [ 复数 straits ]
例句
An estimated 1,600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估计每年有1600艘船经过这个海峡。
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。
The house had a fabulous view out to the Strait of Georgia and the Rockies beyond.
这座房子有很棒的景观，可以看到乔治亚海峡以及另一头的落基山脉。
An estimated 1,600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估计每年有1600艘船经过这个海峡。
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。
The house had a fabulous view out to the Strait of Georgia and the Rockies beyond.
这座房子有很棒的景观，可以看到乔治亚海峡以及另一头的落基山脉。
强化记忆
将 "strait" 想象成一个两地之间的狭窄水道（即海峡）可以帮助记忆。记住“strait”作为困境的概念，可想象自己被困在一个狭窄的空间或者情境中。"Strait" 在英语中的使用始于14世纪，原指狭窄的地方或者物体，后来专指海峡。此外，“strait”作为困境的含义在18世纪的英美文学作品中常常出现。
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found purely on dry land, the Andes.Beneath the Denmark Strait existsthe world's largest waterfall.
started asking ships to simply slow downwhen going through the Haro Strait,where the southern resident killer whales are feeding in late summer.
the Australian Census in 2016undercounted Aboriginals and Torres Strait populationsby about 17.5 percent.
A great example of this is "Sorry Business,"practiced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.During Sorry Business,
In 2010, for example, there were 831,all over Australia, and the Torres Strait Islands,all states, working to improve the houses where they and their families live,
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