strait (스**트레**잇) — a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large areas of water
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large areas of water
Pronunciation (IPA): /streɪt/
Korean meaning: 두 바다나 큰 수역을 연결하는 좁은 수로, 해협
Korean pronunciation: 스**트레**잇
Example Sentences
- The captain nervously steered through the strait, muttering 'This is stressing me out more than my mother-in-law's cooking!'
- After losing his job, Tom found himself in such dire straits that he started selling his comic book collection.
- The Korea Strait between Korea and Japan is only 180km wide at its narrowest point.
strait
NOUN//streɪt//
a narrow passage of water connecting two seas or large areas of water
The narrow strait squeezes between two cliffs as a ship carefully passes through.
🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
라틴어 'strictus'(좁은, 단단한)에서 유래되어 고대 프랑스어 'estreit'를 거쳐 영어로 들어왔습니다. 원래 '좁은'이라는 의미가 좁은 수로와 곤경이라는 두 가지 의미로 발전했습니다.
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“The captain nervously steered through the strait, muttering 'This is stressing me out more than my mother-in-law's cooking!'”
“After losing his job, Tom found himself in such dire straits that he started selling his comic book collection.”
“The Korea Strait between Korea and Japan is only 180km wide at its narrowest point.”
“When the startup ran out of funding, they were in such financial straits that the CEO joked about selling kidneys online.”
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