straws

英 [strɔːz]

美 [strɔz]

n.  (收割后干燥的)禾秆，麦秆，稻草; 一根禾秆(或麦秆、稻草); (喝饮料用的)吸管
straw的复数

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT (干的)稻草，麦秆，禾秆
  Strawconsists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley.
  1. The barn was full of bales of straw...
     谷仓里堆满了成捆的稻草。
  2. 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。
  3. ...a wide-brimmed straw hat.
     宽沿草帽
• N-COUNT (喝饮料用的)吸管
  Astrawis a thin tube of paper or plastic, which you use to suck a drink into your mouth.
  1. ...a bottle of lemonade with a straw in it.
     一瓶插着吸管的柠檬水
• PHRASE 抓救命稻草;采取极端措施;作绝望的挣扎
  If youare clutching at strawsorgrasping at straws, you are trying unusual or extreme ideas or methods because other ideas or methods have failed.
  1. ...a badly thought-out scheme from a Government clutching at straws.
     政府情急之下采取的考虑欠周的计划
• 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 isthe last straworthe 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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
• PHRASE 下下签;苦差
  If you drawthe short straw, you are chosen from a number of people to perform a job or duty that you will not enjoy.
  1. ...if a few of your guests have drawn the short straw and agreed to drive others home after your summer barbecue.
     如果你的一些客人不幸被抓了壮丁，同意在夏日烧烤野餐结束后开车把其他人送回家
• PHRASE 迹象;苗头;征兆
  If you say that an incident or piece of news is astraw in the wind, you mean that it gives an indication of what might happen in the future.
  1. The latest straw in the wind is a pick-up in sales among the nation's retail giants.
     最新的迹象是该国几家零售巨头的销售额有所上升。

双语例句

• For sweeping; bundle of straws or twigs attached to a long handle.
  用于打扫的；缠在手柄上的一束麦杆或枝条。
• She offered to take a pay cut to keep her job, but she was just grasping at straws.
  她提出减薪来保留她的工作，但她这只是在捞救命稻草。
• This is grasping at straws, I know, said the helpless man.
  我知道，这是在抓救命稻草，他无可奈何地说。
• You wouldn't get far. it's worse out there, they draw straws.
  你去不远的，外面很乱，要抽签。
• To investigate the changes of soil hydrolase activities under application of corn straws with manure, N and P fertilizer, a field experiment was conducted.
  通过田间试验，进行了玉米秸秆与厩肥、N肥和P肥配合施入农田后土壤中水解类酶活性变化的研究。
• Changes of Soil Hydrolase Activities Under Corn Straws and Fertilizer
  土壤水解类酶活性在玉米秸秆与肥料配合施用下的变化
• We have to make the decision by drawing straws.
  我们只有抽？决定了。
• I can even get you straws if you want.
  我甚至可以给你吸管来喝。
• Are we at least gonna draw straws?
  我们至少应该抽签决定吧？
• They suck soda water through straws tube.
  他们用麦秆状吸管喝汽水。