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straight

A1 adj

straight /stɹeɪt/ nghĩa là thẳng

Các nghĩa

  1. thẳng

    Not crooked, curly, or bent; having a constant direction throughout its length.

    I do not like crooked, twisted, blasted trees. I admire them much more if they are tall, straight and flourishing.

    The other people, I presume, are supposed to be standing to attention, but they're all smiling at me. The lines are not even straight.

  2. thẳng, không lệch

    Direct, undeviating.

    usually

  3. thẳng đứng hoặc nằm ngang

    Perfectly horizontal or vertical; not diagonal or oblique.

    Mr. Coniff: He did not have his hat on straight; that is the one thing, is it?

    There's nothing more annoying than taking a great picture, only to find that the horizon isn't straight.

  4. thẳng (cách cầm gậy cricket)

    Describing the bat as held so as not to incline to either side; on, or near a line running between the two wickets.

  5. thẳng hàng (động cơ)

    Having all cylinders in a single straight line; in-line.

  6. thẳng thắn, trực tiếp

    Direct in communication; unevasive, straightforward.

    Tony Blair issued a direct challenge to the IRA yesterday when he demanded they give straight answers to three simple questions[…].

    What's more, he actually tries to answer a straight question with a straight answer.

+ 2 nghĩa khác
  1. ngay thẳng, trung thực

    Free from dishonesty; honest, law-abiding.

    ‘It wasn't the proper thing, squoire. It wasn't straight.’

    How easy is it to go straight after a life spent in and out of prison?

  2. nghiêm túc, không hài

    Serious rather than comedic.

    Allan Blye, a CBC-TV mainstay in the early Sixties, worked as a singer, writer and straight and comedic actor.

    All of Peter Schickele's music, both straight and comedic are integrated side by side in this chapter.

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