straw
straw
英[strɔː]美[strɔː]
n.稻草，麦秆，吸管，毫无价值的东西；
复数：straws;
例句
Glass should be packed in straw.玻璃器皿应该包扎在稻草中。
I don't care a straw for your opinions.我一点都不在乎你有什么看法。
May I have a straw for my drink?给我一根喝饮料的吸管好吗?
She was hatted a big white straw hat to match her pink dress.她戴了一顶白色的大草帽来配搭那件粉红色的连衣裙。
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。
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。
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。
Drowning man will catch at a straw.溺水的人一根草也要抓。出自：英语谚语
A straw shows which way the wind blows.一根稻草显示出风吹的方向。一叶便知秋。出自：英语谚语
In good years corn is hay, in ill years straw is corn.丰年五谷贱如草,荒年稻草贵如粮。出自：英语谚语
英语六级真题
In preparation for the celebration, a straw mat is placed on the table, along with a candle holder with seven candles, one black, three red, and three green.
2017年12月六级真题（第一套）听力 Section C柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
N-UNCOUNT
(干的)稻草，麦秆，禾秆
Straw consists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley.
例句
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。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.
例句
...a bottle of lemonade with a straw in it.一瓶插着吸管的柠檬水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.
例句
...a badly thought-out scheme from a Government clutching at straws.*府情急之下采取的考虑欠周的计划PHRASE
压垮骆驼的*后一根稻草;*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.
例句
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*收入下降，但致命的打击还是那场战争。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.
例句
...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.
例句
The latest straw in the wind is a pick-up in sales among the nation's retail giants.*新的迹象是该国几家零售巨头的销售额有所上升。英汉词典释义
n.
稻草, 麦秆
There are a lot of straws in the shed.棚子里有许多稻草。吸管
May I have a straw for my drink?给我一根喝饮料的吸管好吗?毫无价值的东西, 无意义的事情
I don't care a straw for your opinions.我一点都不在乎你有什么看法。英英词典释义
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
