Betekenis van straight In het Nederlands

• 0 continuing in one direction without bending or curving:

  • a straight line

  • She has straight blonde hair.

  • Skirts this summer are long and straight.

  • Can't you see it? - it's straight ahead (of you)!

  • The dog seemed to be coming straight at/for me.

  • Go straight along this road and turn left at the traffic lights.

• 1 honest:

  • Just be straight with her and tell her how you feel.

  • informal Tell me straight, would you rather we didn't go tonight?

  • I told her straight out that I didn't love her any more.

• 2 immediately:

  • I got home and went straight to bed.

  • We'll go straight to the party after dinner.

  • Time is short so I'll get straight to the point (= explain the matter immediately).

  • I knew straight away what you were thinking.

  • We don't need to go straight off - we can stay for a little while.

• 3 clearly:

  • You know you've had too much to drink when you can't see straight.

  • I'm so tired I can't think straight any more.

• 4 clear or not complicated:

  • It's a straight choice - either you leave him or you stay.

  • Let's get this straight - you're travelling to Frankfurt on Monday and Brussels on Tuesday, is that correct?

• 5 level and not sloping to either side:

  • This picture's not straight.

  • The shelf isn't straight - it sags in the middle.

• 6 plain and basic, or without anything added:

  • No tonic for me, please, I like my vodka straight.

  • Straight pasta is very bland - you need some kind of sauce to make it interesting.

• 7 following one after another without an interruption:

  • They're the only team to have won ten straight games this season.

• 8 tidy, or arranged in order:

  • It only took an hour to get the flat straight after the party.

  • Do you have a mirror? - I'll just put my hair straight.

• 9 traditional or serious:

  • disapproving He was a nice enough guy, but he was so straight - I always felt I had to be on my best behaviour with him.

  • There's a lot of straight theatre at the festival as well as the newer, more experimental stuff.

• 10 not gay

• 11 not using illegal drugs or alcohol:

  • He's been straight for five months.

• 12 neither owing nor owed any money:

  • You bought the tickets, so if I pay for the taxi, we'll be straight.

• 13 the straight part of a racetrack (= the track on which competitors race):

  • And the runners are just coming up to the finishing straight.

• 14 a person who is not gay

• 15 not bending or curving:

  • Draw a straight line between the two dots.

  • Stand up straight.

  • The car seemed to be coming straight at me.

• 16 not leaning to either side; level:

  • Since the wall is crooked, how can the picture hang straight?

• 17 without anything added or changed; basic or true:

  • Things have gotten so bad, I think it’s time for some straight talk.

  • She couldn’t give a straight answer to any question.

  • It’s important to tell the story straight, exactly as it happened.

• 18 following one after another without an interruption; consecutive:

  • The team had won four straight games before they lost this one.

  • Sometimes we work 16 hours straight.

• 19 without delay; immediately or directly:

  • I got to the hotel and went straight to bed.

  • My boss simply said, "I’ll get straight to the point. You’re fired!"

• 20 clearly or directly:

  • This valentine comes straight from my heart.

  • I walked in, and she told me straight out what had happened.

• 21 clearly; plainly:

  • I’m so tired I can’t think straight anymore.

• 22 not homosexual; heterosexual

• 23 honest and clear:

  • When quizzed, the candidate failed to give a straight answer.

  • be straight with sb Until recently, politicians were reluctant to be straight with the electorate on the issue of their expenses.

• 24 following one after another without an interruption:

  • It is the company's sixth straight year of declining revenue.

• 25 to tell someone the true facts about something when they have been given wrong information:

  • Although the firm quickly put the record straight, the news had a negative impact on their shares.