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 will be like finding a needle in a haystack.
就象在草堆里面找根针一样。 - He fired a haystack.
他点燃了一干草堆。 - You can never find him in such a large crowd of people. You're looking for a needle in a haystack.
你不可能在一大群人中找到他,你这样是大海捞针。 - Searching for my keys in the garden is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
在院子里找我的钥匙就似乎是在大海里捞针一样困难。 - 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。 - 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。 - It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
这就像是大海捞针一样难。 - 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)。 - To find a book we want in so many books is just as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack.
要在那么多书中找到我们想要的那本,简直就是大海捞针啊! - He went out of the town, hoping to find some tree or haystack in the fields which would afford him shelter.
他出了城,希望能在田野中找到一棵树或是一个干草堆,可以靠一下。