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straightaway

/streyt-uh-wey/US // ˈstreɪt əˌweɪ //UK // (ˌstreɪtəˈweɪ) //

直接,直接的,直接就,直接就可以

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a straightaway course or part.
adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : immediately; right away.

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Examples

  • So obviously the eagle, boom, straight back in there, and I guess almost just piggybacking with a birdie straightaway at No.

  • When I said I didn’t want to go there anymore, my mom just whipped me out of it straightaway, and it’s the same now.

  • At that first staff meeting, the new boss addressed the tension in the room straightaway.

  • Seven hundred million people saw the message, and the minister saw me straightaway.

  • Where we pick up: That baby switch will be dealt with straightaway.

  • Caste is a thing you should be very careful of in these days, so the best thing is to ask for the Bear-Garden straightaway.

  • If he could gain sufficient distance to undertake this straightaway, he would find help.

  • Just now, we are cutting the season and have planned a straightaway back to winter quarters.

  • In 'Roughing It' we are led to believe that the author regarded this as a gift from heaven and accepted it straightaway.

  • “Yes, but that may have meant as the crow flies, straightaway,” returned the scout-master.