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haystack

英 [ˈheɪstæk]

美 [ˈheɪstæk]

n.  干草堆; 干草垛

复数:haystacks 

TEM8

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.
          1. 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。