straighten /ˈstreɪtən/ TEM4 ( straightening, straightened, straightens )

• 1. 

  V-T If you straighten something, you make it neat or put it in its proper position. 整理; 摆好

  例：

  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. 

  PHRASAL VERB Straighten up means the same as . 整理; 摆好

  例：

  This is my job, to straighten up, to file things.

  这就是我的工作，整理东西，把东西归档。

• 3. 

  V-I If you are standing in a relaxed or slightly bent position and then you straighten, you make your back or body straight and upright. 挺直腰

  例：

  The three men straightened and stood waiting.

  那3个人挺直了腰站着等。

• 4. 

  PHRASAL VERB Straighten up means the same as . 挺直腰

  例：

  He straightened up and slipped his hands in his pockets.

  他挺直腰，把双手插进衣兜里。

• 5. 

  V-T/V-I If you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight. 使变直; 变直

  例：

  Straighten both legs until they are fully extended.

  使双腿挺直，直到他们完全伸展开。

• 6. 

  PHRASAL VERB Straighten out means the same as . 使变直; 变直

  例：

  No one would dream of straightening out the church's knobbly spire.

  没人会梦想使教堂的圆形尖顶变直。