strait

例句：

1. Danish navigator and explorer who in1728 sailed through the Bering Strait, proving(though he did not realize it at the time) that Asia and North America are separate continents.
   白令，維圖斯1681－1741丹麥航海家、探險家，1728年駕船穿越白令海峽，證明(儘管他當時不知道)亞洲和北美洲是兩片分開的大陸
2. A province of southeast China on the East China Sea and the Formosa Strait. Agriculture and fishing are important to its economy. Fuzhou is the capital. Population, 27,130,000.
   福建中國東南部的一個省份，瀕臨東海和台灣海峽。經濟以農業和漁業為主，省會為福州。人口27,130, 000
3. I hear you are in poor financial straits.
   我聽說你處於經濟困難之中。
4. The door is rather strait.
   這門相當窄。

 

英文解釋：

名詞 strait:

1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
   同義詞：sound
2. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
   同義詞：pass, straits

形容詞 strait:

1. strict and severe

strait

詞型變化：

副詞:straitly 名詞:strait-ness 

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詞意辨析：

channel, strait

這兩個名詞均含“海峽”之意。
channel: 指比strait長而寬的海峽。
strait: 指短而窄的海峽。常用複數形式但作單數用。