strait

An estimated 1,600 vessels pass through the strait annually.

估计每年有1600艘船经过这个海峡。

With one or two notable exceptions, however, students of American anthropology soon settled for the plausible idea that the first immigrants came by way of a land bridge that had connected the northeast comer of Asia to the northwest corner of North America across the Bering Strait.

然而，除了一两个明显的例外，研究美国人类学的学生们很快就接受了这样一个貌似合理的观点：第一批移民是通过横跨白令海峡连接亚洲东北角和北美西北角的大陆桥来到这里的。

The company's closure has left many small businessmen in desperate financial straits.

该公司的关闭使得许多小商人陷入经济困境。

His captivity is as strait as ever.

他一如既往地被看守得严严实实的。

The legendary strait gate is at the end of the narrow road.

传说中的小门就在那窄路的尽头。