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straight-backed

/streyt-bakt/US // ˈstreɪtˌbækt //

直背式,直背,笔直的背部,直腰

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.

Examples

  • 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.