straw
n
1 [U] cut and dried stalks of grain plants (eg wheat, barley) used as a material for thatching roofs, making hats, mats, etc and as bedding and food for animals (收割後乾燥的)禾秆, 麦秆, 稻草
a stable filled with straw 堆满乾草的马厩
[attrib 作定语]
a straw mattress, ie one filled with straw 草垫.
2 [C] single stalk or piece of this (一根)禾秆, 麦秆, 稻草
There are a few straws in your hair. 你的头发上有几根稻草.
3 [C] thin tube of paper or plastic through which a drink is sucked up (纸或塑料制的)饮料吸管
drinking lemonade through a straw 用吸管吸汽水
A packet of (drinking) straws, please. 请给我一包吸管.
4 a straw [sing]
insignificant thing or amount (used esp in the expressions shown) 微不足道的事物或数量(尤用於以下示例)
not care a straw 毫不在乎
be not worth a straw 毫无价值.
5 (idm 习语) clutch/grasp at a `straw/`straws try to take some slight chance of escaping or being rescued from sth 抓救命稻草(竭力抓住微小的机会以求逃脱或获救). the last/final straw (that breaks the camel's back) additional event, act, task, etc that makes a situation finally intolerable (事情、 行动、 任务等)使人终於不胜负荷的最後的量. make bricks without straw => brick. a man of straw => man1. a straw in the `wind slight indication of how things may develop (显示事物动向的)徵兆, 迹象, 苗头.
🎯 考研助记
睡觉(谐音):农民睡午觉,头下枕 稻草
🔁 扩展释义
*[strɒ:]n. 稻草, 麦管, 吸管, 一文不值的东西, 草帽a. 稻草的, 稻草色的, 琐碎的, 无价值的【经】 无价值的, 假的相关词组: not care a straw catch at a straw clutch at a straw grasp at a straw not worth a straw
🌿 同词根单词
striden. 大步,阔步;步幅;进展;一跨(的宽度);
vt.& vi. 大踏步走;跨过;
vi. 跨;
vt. 跨坐在…;
However, in recent times the old-age pension has only been paid to the poorest people because there has been an increase in the number of people out of work.189
然而阳近一段时间,老年养老金只付给那些最穷的人,因为失业的人数一直在增长。
They trooped behind the first dancer, copying its movements.