strait
n. 海峽; (常用pl.)窘迫,困境; 危難
You can refer to a narrow strip of sea which joins two large areas of sea as a strait or the straits .
An estimated 1600 vessels pass through the strait annually.
估計每年有 1,600 艘船透過該海峽。
...the Straits of Gibraltar.
直布羅陀海峽
If someone is in dire or desperate straits, they are in a very difficult situation, usually because they do not have much money.
If we had a child, we'd be in really dire straits...
假如我們有了小孩,我們會真正陷入困境。
The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.
該公司的倒閉讓很多小商人陷入了經濟困境。
1. a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water
2. a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs
1. strict and severe;
Delegitimizing the use of force in the Taiwan Strait also lessens the likelihood of conflict.
在臺海動武一旦被視為非法而不正統,發生衝突的可能行就能減低.
Hazy and hot weather is expected three days later as JANGMI nears Luzon Strait.
隨著薔薇逐漸靠近呂宋海峽,預料本港三天後將會有煙霞,天氣會變得炎熱.
The Bering Strait parts North America from Asia.
白令海峽把北美洲和亞洲分開.
Drake Passage: a strait between Cape Horn and antarctica. It connects the southern atlantic and Pacific oceans.
“德雷克海峽: 好望角與南極洲之間的一個海峽,連線南大西洋與太平洋. ”.
How important is the Taiwan Strait? How dangerous is that area?
請你形容一下,到底臺灣海峽或是這個地區有多危險?