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straightness

/streyt/US // streɪt //UK // (streɪt) //

直线度,笔直度,直线,直度

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
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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.
adv.副词 adverb
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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.
n.名词 noun
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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

as inupstandingness
Synonyms
bluntness直言不讳,粗鲁,直率性,直率candor坦率,坦率地说,坦诚,坦率的说confidence信心,信任,信念,信赖conscientiousness自觉性,认真负责的态度,兢兢业业,认真负责的精神equity股权,公平,股本,公平性evenhandedness平常心,平等对待,平行性,平常心态fairness公正性,公平性,公平,公正faithfulness忠心,忠心耿耿,忠诚,忠贞fidelity忠诚度,忠心,忠心度,保真度frankness坦诚,坦率,坦率性,坦白genuineness真实性,真诚,真性情,真诚度goodness好的,好东西,好处,好事honor荣誉,尊重,荣誉感,荣誉证书honorableness诚信,诚信度,荣誉,尊严impeccability一丝不苟,无可挑剔,无懈可击,完美无缺incorruptibility廉洁性,廉洁,廉洁奉公,廉正integrity诚信,完整性,廉洁,正直justness公正性,公正,正义性,公道性loyalty忠诚度,忠诚,忠心,忠心耿耿morality道德,道义,道德规范,道德观openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化outspokenness直言不讳,直言不讳的态度,直率,敢于直言plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡principle原则,原则上,道理,原理probity廉洁,廉洁性,廉正,廉洁自律rectitude矫枉过正,正直性,矫正,正直reputability名誉度,信誉度,声誉,声誉度responsibility责任,职责,责任感,责任心right对,正确,权利,对的scrupulousness恪尽职守,恪守原则,恪守,严谨性self-respect自重,自尊心,自尊,自我尊重sincerity真诚,诚意,精诚,真诚度soundness稳健性,健全性,健全,稳健straightforwardness直言不讳,直截了当,直率性,直率trustiness信任,信任度,信心,信任感trustworthiness值得信赖,信任度,信任,信誉度uprightness正直,正直的态度,正直性,正气veracity真实性,真相,真理,真诚virtue德行,美德,德性,道德
as inincorruptibility
Synonyms
bluntness直言不讳,粗鲁,直率性,直率candor坦率,坦率地说,坦诚,坦率的说confidence信心,信任,信念,信赖conscientiousness自觉性,认真负责的态度,兢兢业业,认真负责的精神equity股权,公平,股本,公平性fairness公正性,公平性,公平,公正faithfulness忠心,忠心耿耿,忠诚,忠贞fidelity忠诚度,忠心,忠心度,保真度frankness坦诚,坦率,坦率性,坦白genuineness真实性,真诚,真性情,真诚度goodness好的,好东西,好处,好事honor荣誉,尊重,荣誉感,荣誉证书honorableness诚信,诚信度,荣誉,尊严impeccability一丝不苟,无可挑剔,无懈可击,完美无缺integrity诚信,完整性,廉洁,正直justness公正性,公正,正义性,公道性loyalty忠诚度,忠诚,忠心,忠心耿耿morality道德,道义,道德规范,道德观openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化outspokenness直言不讳,直言不讳的态度,直率,敢于直言plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡principle原则,原则上,道理,原理probity廉洁,廉洁性,廉正,廉洁自律rectitude矫枉过正,正直性,矫正,正直reputability名誉度,信誉度,声誉,声誉度responsibility责任,职责,责任感,责任心right对,正确,权利,对的scrupulousness恪尽职守,恪守原则,恪守,严谨性self-respect自重,自尊心,自尊,自我尊重sincerity真诚,诚意,精诚,真诚度soundness稳健性,健全性,健全,稳健straightforwardness直言不讳,直截了当,直率性,直率trustiness信任,信任度,信心,信任感trustworthiness值得信赖,信任度,信任,信誉度uprightness正直,正直的态度,正直性,正气veracity真实性,真相,真理,真诚virtue德行,美德,德性,道德evenhandedness平常心,平等对待,平行性,平常心态upstandingness挺拔,直立,直立式,正直性
Antonyms
as inhonesty
Synonyms
candor坦率,坦率地说,坦诚,坦率的说confidence信心,信任,信念,信赖fairness公正性,公平性,公平,公正faithfulness忠心,忠心耿耿,忠诚,忠贞frankness坦诚,坦率,坦率性,坦白honor荣誉,尊重,荣誉感,荣誉证书integrity诚信,完整性,廉洁,正直loyalty忠诚度,忠诚,忠心,忠心耿耿morality道德,道义,道德规范,道德观probity廉洁,廉洁性,廉正,廉洁自律rectitude矫枉过正,正直性,矫正,正直responsibility责任,职责,责任感,责任心self-respect自重,自尊心,自尊,自我尊重sincerity真诚,诚意,精诚,真诚度trustworthiness值得信赖,信任度,信任,信誉度veracity真实性,真相,真理,真诚virtue德行,美德,德性,道德bluntness直言不讳,粗鲁,直率性,直率conscientiousness自觉性,认真负责的态度,兢兢业业,认真负责的精神equity股权,公平,股本,公平性fidelity忠诚度,忠心,忠心度,保真度genuineness真实性,真诚,真性情,真诚度goodness好的,好东西,好处,好事impeccability一丝不苟,无可挑剔,无懈可击,完美无缺incorruptibility廉洁性,廉洁,廉洁奉公,廉正justness公正性,公正,正义性,公道性openness公开性,开放性,开放,公开化outspokenness直言不讳,直言不讳的态度,直率,敢于直言plainness平实,朴素,朴实,平淡principle原则,原则上,道理,原理reputability名誉度,信誉度,声誉,声誉度right对,正确,权利,对的scrupulousness恪尽职守,恪守原则,恪守,严谨性soundness稳健性,健全性,健全,稳健straightforwardness直言不讳,直截了当,直率性,直率trustiness信任,信任度,信心,信任感uprightness正直,正直的态度,正直性,正气evenhandedness平常心,平等对待,平行性,平常心态
Antonyms

Examples

  • One person up front, the other standing just behind and to the side, eyes straight ahead.

  • Wacom Intuos drawing tabletIf you want to go straight to digital, but are not ready to invest in an iPad Pro, then Wacom’s Intuos drawing tablet is a great way to experiment without breaking the bank.

  • Look to an ergonomic desk chair for great supportThe best ergonomic desk chair will make sitting up straight feel easier than slouching.

  • 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.