straighten up

动词 v.
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英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To become straight, or straighter. intransitive
    — 2006, American Motoryclist - Jan 2006, Victory's Kingpin goes its own way bank the big cruiser into the first of a series of corners, make a few quick left, right, left transitions, then the road straightens up for a stretch...
  2. To steer straight. ambitransitive
    — 13 October 2010, Blackpool Gazette, 'Bad driving' led to biker death crash He said "As I came out of the bend I went to straighten up the car and it just seemed to be carrying on turning."
  3. To sit up straight, to stop hunching. intransitive
    — Horse skin smells good. Lay your cheek against his neck and have a good cuddle. Now straighten up slowly again, and sit loosely.
  4. To deal with; to put in order. transitive
    — 1994, Mccook Daily Gazette, Jul 12, 1994, Mail Delivery Trying To Get Up To Speed The Postal Service sent a special task force to straighten up the city's problems with a back-to-basics approach
  5. To tidy; to tidy up. transitive
    — The lockers were all standing wide open with equipment and uniforms scattered all over the room, he had left a note under the bottle telling me to straighten up the room, then straighten myself up before coming to work the next day.
  6. To clarify. transitive
  7. To start living a reformed life; to adopt a more honest and respectable course of behavior. idiomatic,intransitive

词形变化

straightens up present,singular,third-person straightening up participle,present straightened up participle,past straightened up past
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