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

• Study on the Screening of the Lignin-degrading Fungus and the Degradation of Straws
  木质素降解菌的筛选及对秸秆的降解研究
• Digestion of Rice and Wheat Straws by Earthworms and Use Values of Earthworm Casts
  蚯蚓消解稻麦秸秆的效果与蚓粪的初步利用研究
• You want to draw straws?
  你想不想抽签决定？
• 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。
• They decided by drawing straws out of hand.
  最后他们用抽签的方式决定了。
• I don't care two straws about your problems.
  你们的问题我才不放在心上呢。
• Wall art depicting people using straws of wheat to drink from have been discovered from ancient Mesopotamian ruins.
  长城艺术人物使用的小麦秸秆饮料中发现了古代美索不达米亚废墟。
• 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。
• 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。
• But dermatologists tell those who are prone to fine lines and wrinkles around the mouth to avoid straws altogether.
  但是皮肤科医生告诉那些嘴部容易起细纹和皱纹的人要完全避免吸管。