strait

Vịnh, eo biển

a narrow passage of water between two larger areas of land, especially one connecting two parts of the sea or an ocean

• the strait of somewhere

Collocations Strait of Gibraltar · Strait of Malacca

• The Strait of Dover separates England from France.

  Eo biển Đover tách biệt Anh và Pháp.

Khó khăn, bế tắc

a difficult situation, especially one in which you have to make a choice between two bad things or cannot do what you want because of lack of money or time

• be in straits

Collocations financial straits · dilemma straits

• The company is in financial straits.

  Công ty đang trong tình trạng khó khăn về tài chính.