Straighten

(verb.) make straight or straighter; 'Straighten this post'; 'straighten hair'.

(verb.) make straight.

(verb.) get up from a sitting or slouching position; 'The students straightened when the teacher entered'.

(verb.) straighten up or out; make straight.

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• Well, I won't, but I hate to see things going all crisscross and getting snarled up, when a pull here and a snip there would straighten it out. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Another lamp, she cried to the retreating servant, while Janey bent over to straighten her mother's cap. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• To these he next added a revolving reel, that would lift any grain that had fallen and straighten it, and a platform to catch the grain as it was cut and fell. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
• Then she knelt down again to straighten it and roll it. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• It's grand fun and will straighten you up capitally. 路易莎·梅·奥尔科特. 小妇人.
• Straighten out the legs, I said. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• Do you not think, then, that he might have been trying to straighten it? 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• Although the cotton is now a white, soft, clean, downy sheet, still the fibres cross each other in every direction, and they require to be straightened and laid parallel before the spinning. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• I thought I'd jis look over sis's things, and get 'em straightened up. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• He straightened himself then, and I saw that what he held in his hand was a sort of gun, with a curiously misshapen butt. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• He straightened up. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• The Count Greffi straightened up when I came toward the table and walked toward me. 欧内斯特·海明威. 永别了,武器.
• I straightened it out afterwards. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• As he spoke he picked up the steel poker and, with a sudden effort, straightened it out again. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
• In connection with the cards, combers and strippers are used to assist in further cleaning and straightening the fibre, which is finally removed from the cards and the combs by the doffer. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• Care at this stage reduces the necessity for straightening later. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• When that person discloses, said Mr. Jaggers, straightening himself, you and that person will settle your own affairs. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• To Canada, said he, straightening himself up; and when I'm there, I'll buy you; that's all the hope that's left us. 哈丽叶特·比切·斯托. 汤姆叔叔的小屋.
• I suppose there's no need to, in heaven, she said, straightening her loosened braids with a laugh, and bending over the tea-kettle. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• The wire is first passed through a series of rapidly revolving, straightening rolls which take out all twists and kinks. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Such distinguished people to know, remarked Sarah, straightening herself in the chair; and on such gratifying terms of equality too! 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.

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