The road ran straight through the desert for miles, with no turns or obstacles in sight.
这条路笔直地穿过沙漠延伸数英里，看不到任何转弯或障碍。
Contrary to the common assumption that ancient Roman roads were built primarily in straight lines regardless of terrain, recent surveys of surviving road segments show that Roman engineers frequently curved their routes to follow natural contours when doing so significantly reduced construction difficulty.
From a Central Ideas and Details question · Information and Ideas
- The dung beetle navigates in straight lines across open terrain by orienting itself using the Milky Way.
From a Rhetorical Synthesis question · Expression of Ideas
Which choice best defines “straight”?
B — Extending or moving in one direction only. “straight” means extending or moving in one direction only.
Which word means “extending or moving in one direction only”?
A — straight. “straight” means extending or moving in one direction only.
straight — extending or moving in one direction only. In Chinese: 直的.
straight is pronounced /streɪt/.
The road ran straight through the desert for miles, with no turns or obstacles in sight. (这条路笔直地穿过沙漠延伸数英里，看不到任何转弯或障碍。)
direct, linear, unbent — all close in meaning to straight (extending or moving in one direction only).
curved, bent — each the opposite of straight (extending or moving in one direction only).
Yes. straight is on the SAT Prep Basic list — the everyday academic words the SAT assumes you already have. The Digital SAT does not test vocabulary in isolation; words like this one are tested through Words in Context questions, where you choose the word that completes a passage most logically and precisely.