straightened

英 [ˈstreɪtnd]

美 [ˈstreɪtnd]

v.  (使)变直，变正; 挺直，端正(身体)
straighten的过去分词和过去式

过去式：straightened　

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

• He straightened up, wiping his hand on his trousers.
  他直起腰来，把手在裤子上擦了擦。
• The host straightened his back.
  主人挺直了他的背。
• Suddenly his arm straightened, and the harpoon was thrown;
  忽然，他的胳膊使劲地一伸，鱼叉投了出去。
• Brad straightened out of his usual slouch.
  布拉德一改他平常无精打采的姿态而挺直了身子。
• The doctor straightened out her trouble.
  医生治好了她的病。
• The support tube cannot be straightened or reshaped.
  支撑管不能校正和整形。
• He straightened the bent pin.
  他把弯了的钉子直了过来。
• We're hoping we can get this straightened out today.
  我们希望我们今天能解决这个问题。
• I just want to get this mess straightened out.
  我想整理一下这乱糟糟的一团。
• He hasn't straightened out his ideas yet.
  他思想上一时还拐不过弯来。