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straw

/straw/US // strɔ //UK // (strɔː) //

秸秆,麦秆,稻草,吸管

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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

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.