English Dictionary

strait

/stɹeɪt/

noun

(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water. / A narrow pass, passage or street. / A neck of land; an isthmus. / (often in the plural) A difficult position.

The ship sailed through the narrow strait.

意味（1）

(geography) A narrow channel of water connecting two larger bodies of water.

the Strait of Gibraltar

意味（2）

A narrow pass, passage or street.

He brought him through a darksom narrow strayt, / To a broad gate all built of beaten gold:

意味（3）

A neck of land; an isthmus.

The bold Sir Bedivere uplifted him, / Sir Bedivere, the last of all his knights, / And bore him to a chapel nigh the field, / A broken chancel with a broken cross, / That stood on a dark strait of barren land.

意味（4）

(often in the plural) A difficult position.

to be in dire straits