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

• The host straightened his back.
  主人挺直了他的背。
• He hasn't straightened out his ideas yet.
  他思想上一时还拐不过弯来。
• He straightened up, wiping his hand on his trousers.
  他直起腰来，把手在裤子上擦了擦。
• The three men straightened and stood waiting.
  3个男人挺直身体，站着等候。
• He straightened a piece of wire.
  他弄直了一段铁丝。
• When M.Mabeuf straightened himself up, there was no longer any one there; the girl had disappeared.
  等马白夫先生直起身子，什么人也没有了，那姑娘不见了。
• He stood up and straightened his shoulders.
  他站起身，挺起肩膀。
• 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。
• He straightened the bent strip.
  他把那弯曲的金属片弄直了。
• After repeated exhortation by his comrades, he finally straightened out his thinking.
  经过同志们再三劝导，他终于想通了。