straighten

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

She sipped her coffee and straightened a picture on the wall. 她抿了口咖啡，然後把牆上的一幅畫(huà)扶正。

2. PHRASAL VERB Straighten up means the same as . 整理; 擺好

This is my job, to straighten up, to file things. 這就是我的工作，整理東西，把東西歸檔。

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

The three men straightened and stood waiting. 那3個(gè)人挺直了腰站著等。

4. PHRASAL VERB Straighten up means the same as . 挺直腰

He straightened up and slipped his hands in his pockets. 他挺直腰，把雙手插進(jìn)衣兜裡。

5. V-T/V-I If you straighten something, or it straightens, it becomes straight. 使變直; 變直

Straighten both legs until they are fully extended. 使雙腿挺直，直到他們完全伸展開(kāi)。

6. PHRASAL VERB Straighten out means the same as . 使變直; 變直

No one would dream of straightening out the church's knobbly spire. 沒(méi)人會(huì)夢(mèng)想使教堂的圓形尖頂變直。