haystack
英 [ˈheɪstæk]
美 [ˈheɪstæk]
n. 干草堆; 干草垛
复数:haystacks
BNC.21605 / COCA.19464
习惯用语
n.
- a needle in a haystack
- 草垛里的针;几乎不可能找到的东西
a thing that is almost impossible to find - Searching for one man in this city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
在这个城市里找一个人无异于大海捞针。
牛津词典
noun
- 干草堆;干草垛
a large pile of hay , used as a way of storing it until it is needed
柯林斯词典
- (露天)干草堆,干草垛
Ahaystackis a large, solid pile of hay, often covered with a straw roof to protect it, which is left in the field until it is needed. - 落进干草垛里的一根针(比喻如大海捞针般难找的东西)
If you are trying to find something and say that it is like looking fora needle in a haystack, you mean that you are very unlikely indeed to find it.
英英释义
noun
双语例句
- To look for a needle in a haystack.
草垛里找针(大海捞针)。 - When the guard came an officer hunted in the haystack and found Brown with two arrows in his neck.
警衞队到来后,一个军官在草堆中搜寻,找到布朗,见他脖子插两支箭。 - Looking for them now is like fishing for a needle in a haystack!
这回要在庄稼地里搜捕,那不是海底捞针! - He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
他早在干草堆里睡着啦! - Trying to find that file on my computer is like looking for a needle in a haystack!
想在我的电脑里找到那个档案简直是大海捞针! - It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
这就像是大海捞针一样难。 - If it is past pedestrians away, and that is to find a needle in a haystack is difficult.
如果是过往的行人拿走的,那要想找到已是大海捞针一样难了。 - If there are pockets of predictability, they will surely be buried under a haystack of gross unpredictability.
即使真的存在这种可预测性口袋,它们也肯定被掩埋在一大堆不可预测性之下。 - There is no use searching for him in this crowd; it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
在这样的人群中找寻他是徒劳的,这简直是大海捞针。 - We're looking for a needle in a haystack here.
我们在这儿是在干草堆里找针。