straw

[英] [strɔ:] [美] [strɔ] 生词本

n.

adj.

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  • 词典例句

1. N-UNCOUNT (干的)稻草,麦秆,禾秆 Straw consists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley. 
  • The barn was full of bales of straw...

    谷仓里堆满了成捆的稻草。

  • I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.

    我跌跌撞撞地趟过泥地来到一个堆满麦秆的场院。

  • ...a wide-brimmed straw hat.

    宽沿草帽

2. N-COUNT (喝饮料用的)吸管 A straw is a thin tube of paper or plastic, which you use to suck a drink into your mouth. 
  • ...a bottle of lemonade with a straw in it.

    一瓶插着吸管的柠檬水

3. PHRASE 抓救命稻草;采取极端措施;作绝望的挣扎 If you are clutching at straws or grasping at straws, you are trying unusual or extreme ideas or methods because other ideas or methods have failed. 
  • ...a badly thought-out scheme from a Government clutching at straws.

    政府情急之下采取的考虑欠周的计划

4. PHRASE 压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草;最终使人不堪忍受的事 If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer. 
  • For him the Church's decision to allow the ordination of women had been the last straw...

    教会同意授给女性神职的决定使他终于忍无可忍。

  • Then came the recession. Revenues dropped, but the straw to break the camel's back was the war.

    之后出现了经济衰退,财政收入下降,但致命的打击还是那场战争。

5. PHRASE 下下签;苦差 If you draw the short straw, you are chosen from a number of people to perform a job or duty that you will not enjoy. 
  • ...if a few of your guests have drawn the short straw and agreed to drive others home after your summer barbecue.

    如果你的一些客人不幸被抓了壮丁,同意在夏日烧烤野餐结束后开车把其他人送回家

6. PHRASE 迹象;苗头;征兆 If you say that an incident or piece of news is a straw in the wind, you mean that it gives an indication of what might happen in the future. 
  • The latest straw in the wind is a pick-up in sales among the nation's retail giants.

    最新的迹象是该国几家零售巨头的销售额有所上升。

Noun

1. plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder

2. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

3. a yellow tint; yellow diluted with white

4. a thin paper or plastic tube used to such liquids into the mouth

Verb

1. cover or provide with or as if with straw;

  • "cows were strawed to weather the snowstorm"

2. spread by scattering ("straw" is archaic);

  • "strew toys all over the carpet"
Adjective

1. of a pale yellow color like straw; straw colored

1. A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
即将溺死的人连一根草也要去抓。

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2. Glass should be packed in straw.
玻璃器皿应该包扎在稻草中。

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3. He acted like a drowning man trying to catch at a straw.
他那样做好像一个快要淹死的人拼命想捞救命稻草一样。

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4. He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabor.
他看来在找一个假想的敌人来加以痛打。

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5. He seems to be looking for a man of straw to belabour.
他看来在找一个假想的敌人来加以痛打。

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6. He sucked ice-cream soda through a straw.
他用麦杆吸冰淇淋汽水。

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7. I don't care a straw for your opinions.
我一点都不在乎你有什么看法。

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8. I sat on a bale of straw near the fire.
我坐在炉火边的一捆稻草上。

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9. I took a straw poll among my colleagues to find out how many can use chopsticks.
我在同事中做了一个调查,看多少人会用筷子。

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10. It doesn't matter a straw.
一点也没有关系。

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11. May I have a straw for my drink?
给我一根喝饮料的吸管好吗?

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12. She drank her soda through a straw.
她用麦管喝汽水。

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13. Straw sandals need no last; the shape comes with the weaving -- work things out as you go along.
草鞋没样,边打边像。

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14. The bumblebee sizzed right under his straw hat.
大黄蜂就在他的草帽底下丝丝作声。

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15. The cart is piled high with straw.
大车上的稻草装得冒尖儿了。

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16. The horses were crunching their straw at their manger.
这些马在嘎吱嘎吱地吃槽里的草。

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17. The old peasant is twisting pieces of straw into a rope.
这位老农民正把稻草搓成绳子。

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18. The press saw the event as a straw in the wind that augured the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.
报界把这件事看作是两国之间即将恢复邦交的预兆。

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19. The straw mattress needs to be aired.
草垫子该晾一晾了。

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20. The straw mattresses are airing there.
草垫子正在那里晾着。

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