1 N-UNCOUNT (干的)稻草,麦秆,禾秆 Straw consists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley. (干的)稻草,麦秆,禾秆
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The barn was full of bales of straw.
谷仓里堆满了成捆的稻草。
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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。
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...a wide-brimmed straw hat.
宽沿草帽
2 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. (喝饮料用的)吸管
3 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. 抓救命稻草;采取极端措施;作绝望的挣扎
4 PHRASE 压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草;最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. 压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草;最终使人不堪忍受的事
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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。
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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,财政收入下降,但致命的打击还是那场战争。
5 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. 下下签;苦差
6 PHRASE [straw inflects] 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. 迹象;苗头;征兆
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