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straighten 音标拼音: [str'etən] vt. 弄直,使正确,整顿,清理,使改正
vi. 直起来,改正,好转 弄直,使正确,整顿,清理,使改正直起来,改正,好转 straighten v 1: straighten up or out; make straight [ synonym: { straighten}, { unbend}] [ ant: { bend}, { flex}] 2: make straight [ synonym: { straighten}, { straighten out}] 3: get up from a sitting or slouching position; " The students straightened when the teacher entered" 4: put ( things or places) in order; " Tidy up your room!" [ synonym: { tidy}, { tidy up}, { clean up}, { neaten}, { straighten}, { straighten out}, { square away}] 5: straighten by unrolling; " roll out the big map" [ synonym: { roll out}, { straighten}] 6: make straight or straighter; " Straighten this post"; " straighten hair" Straighten \ Straight" en\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Straighted}; p. pr. & vb. n. { Straighting}.] 1. To make straight; to reduce from a crooked to a straight form. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To make right or correct; to reduce to order; as, to straighten one' s affairs; to straighten an account. [ 1913 Webster] { To straighten one' s face}, to cease laughing or smiling, etc., and compose one' s features. [ 1913 Webster]
Straighten \ Straight" en\, v. t. A variant of { Straiten}. [ Obs. or R.] [ 1913 Webster] 25 Moby Thesaurus words for " straighten": adjust, arrange, clean up, clear up, correct, disentangle, neaten, organize, put in order, rearrange, rectify, reform, rehabilitate, reorganize, resolve, settle, sort out, spruce up, straighten out, tidy up, uncurl, unkink, unravel, unsnarl, untangle
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