資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
4. Conforming to justice and rectitude; not deviating from
truth or fairness; upright; as, straight dealing.
5. Unmixed; undiluted; as, to take liquor straight. [Slang]
6. Making no exceptions or deviations in one's support of the
organization and candidates of a political party; as, a
straight Republican; a straight Democrat; also, containing
the names of all the regularly nominated candidates of a
party and no others; as, a straight ballot. [Political
Cant, U.S.]
{Straight arch} (Arch.), a form of arch in which the intrados
is straight, but with its joints drawn radially, as in a
common arch.
{A straight face}, one giving no evidence of merriment or
other emotion.
{A straight line}. ``That which lies evenly between its
extreme points.'' --Euclid. ``The shortest line between
two points.'' --Chauvenet. ``A line which has the same
direction through its whole length.'' --Newcomb.
{Straight-way valve}, a valve which, when opened widely,
affords a straight passageway, as for water.
資料來源 : WordNet®
straight arch
n : an arch with mutually supporting voussoirs that has a
straight horizontal extrados and intrados [syn: {flat
arch}]