strait

n.

海峡；（常用pl.）窘迫，困境；危难；

adj.

困难的，窘迫的；狭窄的；严格的；

复数：straits

taiwan strait n. 台湾海峡

bering strait白令海峡

cook strait库客海峡（新西兰南岛与北岛之间的水道）

torres strait托雷斯海峡（澳大利亚）

1. We will transit the strait at night.
   我们将在夜间通过那个海峡。
2. We passed through the Strait of Magellan.
   我们穿过了麦哲伦海峡。
3. I hear you are in poor financial straits.
   我听说你处于经济困难之中。

1. The door is rather strait.
   这门相当窄。
2. My old aunts are very strait laced.
   我的老姨妈都很古板。

The late Miocene Panama isthmian strait
Steady two-layer exchange through the Strait of Gibraltar
Is the Gibraltar strait a barrier to gene flow for the bat Myotis myotis (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae)?
The effects of a wind farm on birds in a migration point: the Strait of Gibraltar.
Biogeographic analysis of the herpetofauna separated by the formation of the Strait of Gilbraltar
Factors affecting the distribution and abundance of ringed seal structures in Barrow Strait, Northwest Territories
Seasonal coupling of organic matter production and particle flux in the western Bransfield Strait, Antartica
Spatial patterns of glutamate and thymidine assimilation in Bransfield Strait, antarctia during and following the austral spring bloom
Spatial and temporal distribution of phytoplankton and primary production in the western Bransfield Strait region
Spatial and temporal distribution of phytoplankton and primary production in the western Bransfield Strait region