英 [streɪt] 美 [streɪt]
n. 海峡，狭窄水道；（尤指财务问题导致的）窘境，困境（straits）
adj. <古>严格的，精确的；<古>（地方）空间有限的，狭窄的；苦恼的
adv. 严格地，精确地
【名】 （Strait）（美）斯特雷特（人名）
复数straits
strait /streɪt/ CET6+ TEM4
You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or the straits. 海峡
An estimated 1,600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估计每年有1600艘船经过这个海峡。
复数型名词 If someone is in dire or desperate straits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money. (常指缺钱造成的) 困境
The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
该公司的关闭使得许多小商人陷入经济困境。
海峡-引用次数：87
The metropolitan area across Taiwan Strait is the result of mutual complementarity and development between the urban agglomerations across Taiwan Strait.
海峡都市圈是海峡西岸城市群与海峡东岸城市群优势互补、共同发展的结果。
参考来源构建海峡都市圈的战略思考
困境-引用次数：16
海峡-引用次数：116
参考来源台湾海峡海流三维数值模拟
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海峡(Strait)：连接两较大水域间之狭长水域。 9.
... strainometer应变计 strait海峡；通道；狭窄的 strake洗矿槽；轮箍；条纹；侧板 ...
... plain 平原，草原 strait 地峡，海峡 channel 海峡，水道，沟 ...
... strain n.拉紧，紧张，拉力；劳累vt./vi.尽量利用 strait n.海峡；困难，窘迫 strap n.皮带，带vt.用带束住；捆扎 ...
An estimated 1,600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估计每年有1600艘船经过这个海峡。
Yemen commands the strait at the southern end of the Red Sea.
也门完全控制着红海南端的海峡。
The house had a fabulous view out to the Strait of Georgia and the Rockies beyond.
这座房子有很棒的景观，可以看到乔治亚海峡以及另一头的落基山脉。
The Golden Gate Strait is the entrance to the San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean.
VOA : special.2010.07.23
It was named for the body of water that it crosses, the Golden Gate Strait.
VOA : special.2010.07.23
Alaska is just across the Bering Strait from Russia.
VOA : special.2009.03.02
Using a comparable ratio, China would today have to hurl 3 million troops across the strait.
But the slippery slope of cross-strait relations is something even he is finding hard to navigate.
"We just made a plan to throw as many pucks as possible at him, " Strait said.