straight away
直接就,直接,直接的,直接就说
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straight·er, straight·est.
- : without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- : exactly vertical or horizontal; in a perfectly vertical or horizontal plane: a straight table.
- : generated by a point moving at a constant velocity with respect to another point.
- : evenly or uprightly formed or set: straight shoulders.
- : without circumlocution; frank; candid: straight speaking.
- : honest, honorable, or upright, as conduct, dealings, methods, or persons.
- : Informal. reliable, as a report or information.
- : right or correct, as reasoning, thinking, or a thinker.
- : in the proper order or condition: Things are straight now.
- : continuous or unbroken: in straight succession.
- : thoroughgoing or unreserved: a straight Republican.
- : supporting or cast for all candidates of one political party: to vote a straight ticket.
- : unmodified or unaltered: a straight comedy.
- : without change in the original melody or tempo: She does straight songs, with just the piano backing her.
- : Informal. heterosexual. traditional; conventional.free from using narcotics.not engaged in crime; law-abiding; reformed.
- : not mixed with anything; undiluted, as whiskey.
- : Theater. straightforward; not striving for effect.
- : Journalism. written or to be written in a direct and objective manner, with no attempt at individual styling, comment, etc.: She gave me a straight story. Treat it as straight news.
- : Cards. containing cards in consecutive denominations, as a two, three, four, five, and six, in various suits.
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- : in a straight line: to walk straight.
- : in an even form or position: pictures hung straight.
- : in an erect posture: to stand up straight.
- : directly: to go straight to a place.
- : without circumlocution; frankly; candidly.
- : honestly, honorably, or virtuously: to live straight.
- : without intricate involvement; not in a roundabout way; to the point.
- : in a steady course: to keep straight on after the second traffic light.
- : into the proper form or condition; in order: to put a room straight.
- : in possession of the truth or of true ideas: I want to set you straight before you make mistakes.
- : sold without discount regardless of the quantity bought: Candy bars are twenty cents straight.
- : Journalism. directly and objectively: Write the circus story straight.
- : without personal embellishments, additions, etc.: Tell the story straight. Sing the song straight.
- : served or drunk without ice, a mixer, or water; neat: He drank his whiskey straight.
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- : the condition of being straight.
- : a straight form or position.
- : a straight line.
- : a straight part, as of a racecourse.
- : Informal. a heterosexual. a person who follows traditional or conventional mores.a person who is free from narcotics.
- : Chiefly Games. a succession of strokes, plays, etc., which gives a perfect score.
Phrases
- straight and narrow, the
- straight as an arrow
- straighten out
- straighten up
- straight face
- straight from the horse's mouth
- straight from the shoulder
- straight goods
- straight off
- straight out
- straight talk
- straight ticket
- straight up
- (straight) from the horse's mouth
- get something straight
- give it to (someone straight)
- go straight
- keep a straight face
- right (straight) out
- set straight
- shoot straight
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
One person up front, the other standing just behind and to the side, eyes straight ahead.
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It gives us a chance to learn the things that we wouldn’t know going straight into it.
Companies will have the real thing, straight from your brain.
In straight relationships with an age gap, words like ‘gold-digger’ and ‘trophy wife’ get thrown around.
Except the Braves did not win 14 straight pennants (they did win 14 straight division titles), and Smoltz is a also Republican.
Denied parole nine straight times, he insists he is innocent of the crime for which he was convicted.
Amazing how people can still haul this one out with a straight face.
A new book from gay rights activist Marc Solomon sets the record straight about how gay marriage victories were really won.
She sat straight up in bed, and jerked her hands to her head, and screamed long and terribly.
This wasn't at all what he meant to say, and it sounded very ridiculous; but somehow the words wouldn't come straight.
She had listened—she had listened intently, looking straight out of the window and without moving.
It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.
This judicial bent of the child is a curious one and often develops a priggish fondness for setting others morally straight.