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straw

noun
/strɔː/
/strɔː/
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  1. [uncountable] stems of wheat or other grain plants that have been cut and dried. Straw is used for making mats, hats, etc., for packing things to protect them, and as food for animals or for them to sleep on.（收割后干燥的）禾秆，麦秆，稻草
    • a mattress filled with straw稻草填充的垫子
    • a straw hat草帽
    compare hay
    Extra Examples
    • The animals sleep on straw.这些动物睡在稻草上面。
    • The rat hid in the straw.那只老鼠藏在稻草里。
    Topics Farmingb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • clean
    • fresh
    … of straw
    • bale
    preposition
    • in (the) straw
    • on (the) straw
    See full entry
  2. [countable] a single stem or piece of straw一根禾秆（或麦秆、稻草）
    • He was leaning over the gate chewing on a straw.他嘴里嚼着一根麦秆，靠到栅门上。
  3. (also drinking straw)
     a thin tube of plastic or paper that you drink a liquid through（喝饮料用的）吸管
    • She drank her milkshake through a straw.她用吸管喝奶昔。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • drinking
    • bendy
    • plastic
    • …
    preposition
    • through a straw
    See full entry
    4. Word OriginOld English strēaw, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stroo and German Stroh, also to strew.
Idioms
clutch/grasp at straws
  1. to try all possible means to find a solution or some hope in a difficult or unpleasant situation, even though this seems very unlikely（在危难中）抓救命稻草，不放过任何微小的机会
    • I know I’m just clutching at straws here, but is it possible that the doctors are wrong?我知道我只是在抓着稻草，但是医生有可能错了吗？
draw the short straw (British English)
(North American English get the short end of the stick)
  1. to be the person in a group who is chosen or forced to perform an unpleasant duty or task抽到倒霉签；被派做苦差事
    • I drew the short straw and had to clean the toilets.我抽到了下下签，只得打扫厕所了。
draw straws (for something)
  1. to use a method of choosing somebody to do or have something in which each person takes a piece of paper, etc. from a container and the one whose paper has a special mark is chosen抽签（决定某事）
    • We drew straws for who went first.我们抽签决定谁先去。
the last/final straw | the straw that breaks the camel’s back
  1. the last in a series of bad events, etc. that makes it impossible for you to accept a situation any longer压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草；终于使人不堪忍受的最后一件事（或因素等）
make bricks without straw
  1. (British English) to try to work without the necessary material, money, information, etc.做无米之炊
a straw in the wind
  1. (British English) a small sign of what might happen in the future（预示发生某事的）迹象，苗头，征兆
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strawstrawD.J.:[strɔ:]K.K.:[strɔ]n.1.■稻草, 麦秆There are a lot of straws in the shed.棚子里有许多稻草。2.■吸管May I have a straw for my drink?给我一根喝饮料的吸管好吗?3.■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。
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straw
straw / strC ; strC: /noun
1.
a. Uthe dried stems of wheat or similar plants that animals sleep on, and that are used for making things such as baskets, hats etc〔干的〕麦秆，稻草，禾秆;
⇒hay:
•a straw hat草帽
b. Ca single dried stem of straw〔单根的〕麦秆，稻草秆
2. Ca thin tube of paper or plastic for sucking up liquid from a bottle or a cup〔喝饮料用的〕吸管:
•She sipped her lemonade through a straw.她用吸管吸着柠檬水。
3. the last straw also the straw that breaks the camel's back the last problem in a series of problems that finally makes you give up, get angry etc压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草，〔一系列问题中〕最终使人无法承受的事，终于使人不堪重负的因素:
•Making me work late on Friday was the last straw.让我周五加班到很晚终于让我不堪忍受了。
4. be clutching / grasping at straws to be trying everything you can to succeed, even though the things you are doing are not likely to help or work〔在危难中〕抓救命稻草，不放过任何微小的机会
5. straw in the wind BrEa sign of what might happen in the future〔未来事态的〕迹象，征兆，苗头:
•There have been a few straws in the wind suggesting things might be getting a little better.一些迹象显示情况可能会稍有好转。
6. straw man AmEa weak opponent or imaginary argument that can easily be defeated稻草人; 不堪一击的假想对手; 不值一驳的虚构论点
⇒draw the short straw at DRAW¹ (29)
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straw
straw /ˈstrɑː/ noun
plural straws
straw
/ˈstrɑː/
noun
plural straws
Learner's definition of STRAW
1 
a  [noncount] : the dry stems of wheat and other grain plants禾秆；干麦秆；稻草
— often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
b  [count] : a single dry stem of a grain plant（一根）麦秆，稻草
2 
[count] : a thin tube used for sucking up a drink（喝饮料用的）吸管

clutch/grasp at straws

: to try to solve a problem by doing things that probably will not help（为摆脱困境）抓救命稻草，不放过任何机会

draw straws

— see 1draw

straw in the wind

: a sign of what might come in the future（未来事态的）迹象，征兆，苗头

the final/last straw

or the straw that breaks/broke the camel's back
: the last in a series of bad things that happen to make someone very upset, angry, etc.压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草；使人终于不堪重负的事
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高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 BNC: 4301 COCA: 4730
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 BNC: 4301 COCA: 4730
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 BNC: 4301 COCA: 4730
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 BNC: 4301 COCA: 4730
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 BNC: 4301 COCA: 4730
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 BNC: 4301 COCA: 4730
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 BNC: 4301 COCA: 4730
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 BNC: 4301 COCA: 4730
高考 CET-4 CET-6 考研 BNC: 4301 COCA: 4730

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