英语释义

1. stalks of grain after threshing broadly dry stalky plant residue used like grain straw (as for bedding or packing)

2. a natural or artificial heavy fiber used for weaving, plaiting, or braiding

3. a dry coarse stem especially of a cereal grass

4. something of small worth or significance

5. something too insubstantial to provide support or help in a desperate situation
clutching at straws

6. chaff sense 2

7. something (such as a hat) made of straw

8. a tube (as of paper, plastic, or glass) for sucking up a beverage

9. straw yellow

10. a slight fact that is an indication of a coming event

11. made of straw
a straw hat

12. of, relating to, or used for straw
a straw barn

13. of the color of straw pale yellow in color
straw hair

14. of little or no value worthless

15. of, relating to, resembling, or being a straw man

16. of, relating to, or concerned with the discovery of preferences by means of a straw vote

17. the dry stems of wheat and other grain plants

18. a single dry stem of a grain plant

19. a thin tube used for sucking up a drink

20. dry plant stems (as of grain after threshing)
a mat of straw

21. a slender tube for sucking up a beverage

英汉例句

• The move is an intriguing straw in the wind of some bigger shifts in Washington.

  此举是一个耐人寻味的苗头，预示着华盛顿某些更重大的转变。

• Economic experts said today that the increase in auto sales in the last 30 days is a straw in the wind that the nation's economy is beginning to recover from the brief recession.

  经济专家们今天说，最近一个月来汽车销售量的增加象征着美国经济已经开始从短暂的衰退中复苏。

• The only straw in the wind that I see is that a lot more people are registering to vote this time.

  我所见到的唯一迹象就是这一次有比以往多得多的人进行了选民登记。

• The press saw the event as a straw in the wind that augured the resumption of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

  报界把这件事看作是两国之间即将恢复邦交的预兆。

• The only straw in the wind I see is that a lot more people are registering to vote this time.

  要是你去过农村的话，你就知道农民经常把一把草往空中一扔，以此来看风往那个方向吹。

• Economic experts said today that the increase in auto sales in the last 30 days is a straw in the wind that the US economy is beginning to recover from the brief recession.

  经济专家们今天说，最近1个月来汽车销售量的增加象征着美国经济已经开始从短暂的衰退中复苏。

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