straightens

英 [ˈstreɪtnz]

美 [ˈstreɪtnz]

v.  (使)变直，变正; 挺直，端正(身体)
straighten的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 把…整理好;使端正
  If youstraightensomething, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position.
  1. She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall.
     她抿了口咖啡，然后把墙上的一幅画扶正。
  2. ...tidying, straightening cushions and organising magazines.
     收拾、摆放靠垫和整理杂志
• VERB 挺直，端正(身体)
  If you are standing in a relaxed or slightly bent position and then youstraighten, you make your back or body straight and upright.
  1. The three men straightened and stood waiting.
     3 个男人挺直身体，站着等候。
  2. Straighten upmeans the same asstraighten.
     straighten up 同 straighten
  3. He straightened up and slipped his hands in his pockets.
     他挺直身子，把手插进口袋里。
• V-ERG (使)变直;(使)变正
  If youstraightensomething, or itstraightens, it becomes straight.
  1. Straighten both legs until they are fully extended...
     挺直双腿直至完全伸展开。
  2. The road straightened and we were on a plateau.
     路变直了，我们驶上了高原。
  3. Straighten outmeans the same asstraighten.
     straighten out 同 straighten
  4. No one would dream of straightening out the knobbly spire at Empingham Church...
     谁都无法将埃姆平汉教堂疙瘩嶙峋的尖顶弄直。
  5. The road twisted its way up the mountain then straightened out for the last two hundred yards.
     路弯弯曲曲地环山而上，在最后的 200 码变得平直。

双语例句

• The road straightens up at the bottom of the hill.
  那条路到了山脚就变直了。
• Arteriosclerosis sex head straightens dead, say head of arteriosclerosis thrombosis sex straightens dead again.
  动脉硬化性脑梗死，又称动脉硬化血栓形成性脑梗死。
• You should be able to see him once it straightens out.
  你马上就可以在前方看到它了。
• That old man straightens the arm to take the document.
  那位老人伸直手臂拿着文件。
• The quadriceps at the front of the thigh straightens the knee.
  大腿前侧的股四头肌使膝关节伸直。
• The biceps muscle of the thigh bends the leg; the quadriceps straightens it.
  两足动物股部的肌肉使腿弯曲，四头肌则将腿拉直。
• The fickle, unsteady mind, so hard to guard, so hard to control the wise man straightens, as the fletcher the arrow.
  动摇的、轻燥的心，难防护、难抑制；智者（实）行正值，如矢师矫正箭直。
• The first and the second part: Straightens out the concept of the Chinese Country Novels, sketches the historical trace of its development, provides historical background and reference for discussing the Chinese Country Novels in 1990s.
  第一、二部分：梳理中国乡土小说概念，简述中国乡土小说发展的历史轨迹，为论述90年代乡土小说提供历史背景和参照。
• Through investigating and researching the status quo of debt crisis, this study straightens out the general situation of the universities 'debt crisis in Jiangxi Province.
  本研究聚焦于江西省普通高校债务危机这一问题，通过对其进行调查和研究，摸清江西省普通高校债务的总体情况。
• You've been getting some bad advice from girlfriends over these past few weeks, thanks to Mercury retrograde, but the communication planet straightens out on Friday.
  你已经在女性朋友哪里得到坏消息好几星期了，因为水逆。但在星期五就顺行了。（预示好的消息？）