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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.
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