jackstraw

/jak-straw/US // ˈdʒækˌstrɔ //

稻草人,稻草

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- : jackstraws, a game in which players compete in picking up, one by one, as many jackstraws as possible without disturbing the heap.
- : Obsolete. a straw-stuffed figure of a man; scarecrow; straw man.an insignificant person.

The forest, swept as by a giant broom, became a jackstraw tangle of destruction.
What a jackstraw world this had proved itself to him in this last week!