haystack

英 [ˈheɪstæk]

美 [ˈheɪstæk]

n. 干草堆; 干草垛

复数：haystacks　

BNC.21605 / COCA.19464

习惯用语

a needle in a haystack

草垛里的针；几乎不可能找到的东西
a thing that is almost impossible to find
Searching for one man in this city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
在这个城市里找一个人无异于大海捞针。

noun

（露天）干草堆，干草垛
Ahaystackis a large, solid pile of hay, often covered with a straw roof to protect it, which is left in the field until it is needed.
落进干草垛里的一根针（比喻如大海捞针般难找的东西）
If you are trying to find something and say that it is like looking fora needle in a haystack, you mean that you are very unlikely indeed to find it.

noun

Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
在这座城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。
Randomly searching for needles in a haystack is unlikely to deliver great yields.
盲无目的地大海捞针不太可能带来巨额收益。
When the guard came an officer hunted in the haystack and found Brown with two arrows in his neck.
警衞队到来后，一个军官在草堆中搜寻，找到布朗，见他脖子插两支箭。
He went out of the town, hoping to find some tree or haystack in the fields which would afford him shelter.
他出了城，希望能在田野中找到一棵树或是一个干草堆，可以靠一下。
We're looking for a needle in a haystack here.
我们在这儿是在干草堆里找针。
To find a book we want in so many books is just as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack.
要在那么多书中找到我们想要的那本，简直就是大海捞针啊！
Looking for them now is like fishing for a needle in a haystack!
这回要在庄稼地里搜捕，那不是海底捞针！
If it is past pedestrians away, and that is to find a needle in a haystack is difficult.
如果是过往的行人拿走的，那要想找到已是大海捞针一样难了。
A crab and seaweed in the sea. To look for a needle in a haystack.
一只螃蟹和一些海草。草垛里找针（大海捞针）。
He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
他早在干草堆里睡着啦！