strait

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
sound
• Hypernyms:
channel
• Hyponyms:
narrow
• Instance Hyponyms:
Dardanelles, Canakkale Bogazi, Hellespont, East River, Bering Strait,
Bosporus, Cook Strait, Golden Gate, Kattegatt, Korean Strait, Korea Strait,
Menai Strait, North Channel, Skagerrak, Skagerak, Solent, Strait of Georgia,
Strait of Gibraltar, Strait of Hormuz, Strait of Ormuz, Strait of Magellan, Strait of Messina, Strait of Dover,
Strait of Calais, Pas de Calais, Torres Strait
2. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
• Syn:
pass, straits
• Hypernyms:
situation
• Hyponyms:
desperate straits, dire straits

II - adjective

narrow
- strait is the gate
• Similar to:
narrow
• Usage Domain:
archaism, archaicism

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  pass, straits, sound