straightens是什么意思？

straightens

• v. （使）变直，把…弄直( straighten的第三人称单数 )，整理，解决问题（或困难），挺直身子；

例句

• The road straightens ( out ) after a series of bends. 这条路经过几个转弯之后就直了.
• As the air around it cools , the metal straightens. 周围气温下降时,金属带变直.
• After the bridge, the road straightens out. 过了桥之后, 路就直了.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  把…整理好;使端正
  If you straighten something, you make it tidy or put it in its proper position.
  例句
  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。 ...tidying, straightening cushions and organising magazines. 收拾、摆放靠垫和整理杂志
• VERB
  挺直，端正(身体)
  If you are standing in a relaxed or slightly bent position and then you straighten, you make your back or body straight and upright.
  例句
  The three men straightened and stood waiting. 3 个男人挺直身体，站着等候。
• V-ERG
  (使)变直;(使)变正
  If you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight.
  例句
  Straighten both legs until they are fully extended... 挺直双腿直至完全伸展开。 The road straightened and we were on a plateau. 路变直了，我们驶上了高原。