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catch at straws

/straw/US // strɔ //UK // (strɔː) //

捉襟见肘,抓紧时间,抓药,捉摸不透

Related Words

fodder草料,饲料,刍秣,刍狗silage青贮,青贮饲料,青贮器,青草ensilage役使,奴役,役用,役务

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
    • : a mass of such stalks, especially after drying and threshing, used as fodder.
    • : material, fibers, etc., made from such stalks, as used for making hats or baskets.
    • : the negligible value of one such stalk; trifle; least bit: not to care a straw.
    • : a tube, usually of paper or glass, for sucking up a beverage from a container: to sip lemonade through a straw.
    • : anything of possible but dubious help in a desperate circumstance.
    • : straw man.
    • : a straw hat.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : of, pertaining to, containing, or made of straw: a straw hat.
    • : of the color of straw; pale yellow.
    • : of little value or consequence; worthless.
    • : sham; fictitious.

Phrases

  • straw boss
  • straw in the wind
  • straw that breaks the camel's back
  • straw vote
  • draw straws
  • grasp at straws
  • last straw
  • make bricks without straw
  • not worth a dime (straw)

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inquibble
Synonyms
bicker争吵,争论不休,争吵不休,斗嘴carp鲤鱼,鲫鱼,鲩鱼,鲤鱼的spar疏通,疏散,疏导,疏于管理squabble争吵,拌嘴,争吵声,怄气waffle华夫饼,华夫饼干,华夫,华芙wrangle争吵,争执,争辩,争论altercate争吵,争论,争辩,争吵声argufy争论,争辩,辩称,争论不休avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了cavil洞穴,穴位,穴居,蛀牙chicane驰道,岔路口,岔道,岔道口criticize批评,批判,指责,说三道四dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的evade躲避,回避,避开,逃避fence栅栏,篱笆,围墙,围栏flip-flop触发器,触发开关,拨动电话,触发式hassle烦人,烦扰,纠缠不清,纠结pettifog彼得菲格,彼得菲戈,宠儿pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任shift移位,转移,移,轮班argue over争论,争论不休,争辩,争吵blow hot and cold忽冷忽热,吹毛求疵,忽冷忽热地吹,忽冷忽热地吹嘘have at it来吧,随意,随手拈来,随手hem and haw支支吾吾,支支吾吾的,折腾来折腾去,支支吾吾的说hypercriticize过度批判,过度批评,超批判,超批判性make a big thing about大做文章,大谈特谈,大肆宣扬,大做文章的nit-pickparalogize谱系化,旁系化,谱系化处理,旁系亲属put up an argument辩论,辩解,争辩,争论不休set to设为,设置为,设定为,定为split hairs钻牛角尖,分裂的毛发,分裂的头发,钻空子talk back顶嘴,回嘴,回话,顶撞
as inpettifog
Synonyms
altercate争吵,争论,争辩,争吵声argufy争论,争辩,辩称,争论不休avoid避免,避开,避免使用,避免了bicker争吵,争论不休,争吵不休,斗嘴carp鲤鱼,鲫鱼,鲩鱼,鲤鱼的cavil洞穴,穴位,穴居,蛀牙chicane驰道,岔路口,岔道,岔道口criticize批评,批判,指责,说三道四dispute纠纷,争端,争议,争执equivocate拐弯抹角,含糊其辞,模棱两可,拐弯抹角的evade躲避,回避,避开,逃避fence栅栏,篱笆,围墙,围栏flip-flop触发器,触发开关,拨动电话,触发式hassle烦人,烦扰,纠缠不清,纠结niggle小题大做,小题大作,轻视,磨蹭nitpick吹毛求疵,挑剔,挑毛病,鸡蛋里挑骨头pretend假装,装作,装扮,假设prevaricate推诿,推诿扯皮,搪塞,推诿责任shift移位,转移,移,轮班spar疏通,疏散,疏导,疏于管理squabble争吵,拌嘴,争吵声,怄气waffle华夫饼,华夫饼干,华夫,华芙wrangle争吵,争执,争辩,争论argue over争论,争论不休,争辩,争吵blow hot and cold忽冷忽热,吹毛求疵,忽冷忽热地吹,忽冷忽热地吹嘘have at it来吧,随意,随手拈来,随手hem and haw支支吾吾,支支吾吾的,折腾来折腾去,支支吾吾的说hypercriticize过度批判,过度批评,超批判,超批判性make a big thing about大做文章,大谈特谈,大肆宣扬,大做文章的nit-pickparalogize谱系化,旁系化,谱系化处理,旁系亲属pick to pieces挑破,挑拣,扒开,挑剔put up an argument辩论,辩解,争辩,争论不休set to设为,设置为,设定为,定为split hairs钻牛角尖,分裂的毛发,分裂的头发,钻空子talk back顶嘴,回嘴,回话,顶撞

Examples

  • For years, the top complaint about the product was that people lost the little red straw that came with each can.

  • They’re like high-end veggie straws you get in the snack aisle.

  • For a surface with boundary, such as a straw with its two boundary circles, each cut must begin and end on a boundary.

  • She was a tough act to follow, and the guy who drew the short straw was Garth Brooks.

  • Such defiance from the tech giants was a final straw for Museveni.

  • Most of it is taken up by a graphic inviting the visitor to participate in the 2016 online presidential straw poll.

  • Exactly one month after the first straw goat was erected in Gävle, it was mysteriously burned to a crisp.

  • I thanked him, sat down on the sofa, and sipped it through the straw.

  • Hana seeks refuge from the buzzing lights of Otome Road in a nearby café and makes another swirl with her straw.

  • She slowly moves her straw through the whipped cream in her designer latte and looks up.

  • Poor Squinty ran and tried to hide under the straw, for he knew the boy was talking about him.

  • He reached up for her big, rough straw hat that hung on a peg outside the door, and put it on her head.

  • In fact, so much of her smooth brow as could be seen under a broad-brimmed straw hat was wrinkled in a decided frown.

  • He put on his big straw hat, and taking his umbrella from the stand in the hall, followed the lady in black, never overtaking her.

  • The clear, straw-colored fluid which is left after separation of the coagulum is called blood-serum.

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