strait

[US]/streɪt/
[UK]/streɪt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. narrow; troubled
n. a narrow passage of water connecting two seas; a difficult situation or dilemma

Phrases & Collocations

narrow strait

international strait

important strait

taiwan strait

bering strait

cook strait

torres strait

Example Sentences

to be in dire straits

to navigate through the narrow strait

to be in financial straits

to pass through the Bering Strait

to be caught in a political strait

to sail through the Taiwan Strait

to face a diplomatic strait

to cross the Strait of Gibraltar

to find oneself in a legal strait

Real-world Examples

Strauss's initial plans to span the strait used a cantilever bridge.

Source: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

It's the third bridge in Istanbul to span the Bosporus strait.

Source: BBC Listening August 2016 Collection

And the Florida straits are very, very warm.

Source: CNN Listening Collection November 2012

And to get to it, they'll have to cross this, the Arnoy strait.

Source: Human Planet

Now, a United States carrier strike group has been deployed the strait.

Source: CNN 10 Student English May 2019 Collection

Nyad is hoping to become the first person to swim the strait without shark cage.

Source: NPR News September 2013 Compilation

712. The traitor in strait straightforwardly told me the traits of the bait.

Source: Remember 7000 graduate exam vocabulary in 16 days.

The trip aims to promote the peaceful development of cross-Strait relations.

Source: CCTV Observations

" Nature was in dire straits and it is still in dire straits, " said Mark Wright.

Source: VOA Slow English Technology

The detective was therefore in a sore strait.

Source: Around the World in Eighty Days

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