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

• It pivots around and straightens as it extends its mechanical hand.
  机器人臂绕枢轴转动并伸直，好像伸出它的机械手。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• They are the holders of water right in different levels, who are all mobilized by the introduction of the market mechanism which also solves the problem of subject vacancy among asset owners and straightens out the property relations.
  市场机制的引入，解决了资产所有者主体缺位问题，理顺了产权关系。
• That old man straightens the arm to take the document.
  那位老人伸直手臂拿着文件。
• The triceps muscle straightens the forearm at the elbow joint; the brachialis and biceps muscles bend it.
  从肱骨到尺骨的三头肌是要使前臂从肘关节处伸直，屈肌则是使手肘弯曲。
• 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。
• I imagine that a rope is pulling the top of my head toward the sky, and the rest of my body straightens accordingly.
  一根绳子拴住我的头拉向天空，而身体的其他部分则顺着垂下来。
• The road straightens out after a few miles.
  这路几英里后便直了。