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
- It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
这就像是大海捞针一样难。 - Only governments or large organisations would have the resources and manpower to find the needle in a haystack, he said.
他表示,只有政府或大型机构会有资源和人力大海捞针。 - Randomly searching for needles in a haystack is unlikely to deliver great yields.
盲无目的地大海捞针不太可能带来巨额收益。 - Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
在这座城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。 - 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! - He fired a haystack.
他点燃了一干草堆。 - A crab and seaweed in the sea. To look for a needle in a haystack.
一只螃蟹和一些海草。草垛里找针(大海捞针)。 - A needle would stand out in a haystack.
一根针在干草堆里会突显的。 - This time 19 people died but he was thrown clear of the crash and landed in a haystack.
这次事故中有19人死亡,但是他被抛到一个干草堆上脱离险境。 - He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
他早在干草堆里睡着啦!