straw的中文翻譯是什麼意思
straw
n. 稻草; 麥稈; 吸管; 毫無價值的東西
straw的柯林斯釋義
N-UNCOUNT(乾的)稻草，麥稈，禾稈
Straw consists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley.
The barn was full of bales of straw...
穀倉裡堆滿了成捆的稻草。
I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.
我跌跌撞撞地趟過泥地來到一個堆滿麥稈的場院。
N-COUNT(喝飲料用的)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.
一瓶插著吸管的檸檬水
PHRASE抓救命稻草;採取極端措施;作絕望的掙扎
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慮欠周的計劃
PHRASE壓垮駱駝的最後一根稻草;最終使人不堪忍受的事
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...
教會同意授給女性神職的決定使他終於忍無可忍。
Then came the recession. Revenues dropped, but the straw to break the camel's back was the war.
之後出現了經濟衰退，財政收入下降，但致命的打擊還是那場戰爭。
PHRASE下下籤;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壯丁，同意在夏日燒烤野餐結束後開車把其他人送回家
PHRASE跡象;苗頭;徵兆
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.
最新的跡象是該國幾家零售巨頭的銷售額有所上升。
straw的英文釋義
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
straw的短語
clutch (或 grasp, catch) at straws
撈救命稻草，作最後的絕望掙扎
draw the short straw
抽到下下籤（尤指被選中去執行倒黴任務）
the last (或 final) straw
最終使人無法忍受的一擊；終於導致失敗的因素
a straw in the wind
（預示將來發展的）跡象，預兆，苗頭
straw in the wind
某事要來的微弱暗示
straw的場景例句
The old peasant is twisting pieces of straw into a rope.
這位老農民正把稻草搓成繩子.
I sat on a bale of straw near the fire.
我坐在爐火邊的一捆稻草上.
I don't care a straw for your opinions.
我一點都不在乎你有什麼看法.
A drowning man will clutch at a straw.
即將溺死的人連一根草也要去抓.
I took a straw poll among my colleagues to find out how many can use chopsticks.
我在同事中做了一個調查,看多少人會用筷子.