straight-chain
直链,直链式,直链型,直链式的
Definitions
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Chemistry.
- : an open chain of atoms, usually carbon, with no side chains attached to it.
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.
You expect soldiers of all ranks to understand the need to respect the chain of command, regardless of personal feelings.
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.
She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?
It mounted straight as a plume for a little way, until it met the cool air of evening which was beginning to fall.