| 释义 |
straw/strɔ:/ n. & adj.●n. 1 dry cut stalks of grain for use as fodder or as material for thatching, packing, making hats, etc. (用于铺茅屋屋顶、捆扎、编草帽等的)禾杆；稻草；麦秸 2 a single stalk or piece of straw (单根的)麦秸，禾杆 3 a thin hollow paper or plastic tube for sucking drink from a glass etc. (喝饮料用的)吸管 4 an insignificant thing 无足轻重的事 not worth a straw 毫无价值 5 the pale yellow colour of straw 稻草(或麦杆)色；浅黄色 6 a straw hat 草帽 ●adj. 1 made of straw 用稻草(或麦杆)编制的 2 pale yellow 浅黄色的 □ catch (or clutch or grasp) at a straw (or straws) resort in desperation to an utterly inadequate expedient 捞救命稻草；做最后挣扎 □ draw the short straw be chosen by lot, esp. for some disagreeable task (尤指面对不合意的任务时)抽签决定 □ strawy adj.[Old English strēaw from Germanic: related to STREW] |