straw

1. N-UNCOUNT Straw consists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley. 麦杆; 稻草

The barn was full of bales of straw. 这个谷仓堆满了成捆的麦杆。

I stumbled through mud to a garden strewn with straw. 我跌跌撞撞地走过泥泞来到一个散满稻草的院子。

2. N-COUNT A straw is a thin tube of paper or plastic, which you use to suck a drink into your mouth. 吸管

...a bottle of lemonade with a straw in it. …一瓶插着吸管的柠檬汽水。

3. ADJ having little value or substance 无价值的; 无实质的[美国英语]

4. PHRASE If you are clutching at straws or grasping at straws, you are trying unusual or extreme ideas or methods because other ideas or methods have failed. 抓救命稻草

...a badly thought-out plan from an administration clutching at straws. …一个管理部门抓救命稻草而制定的一个考虑不周的计划。

5. PHRASE If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer. 使人一忍再忍的一系列事件的最后一件

For him the Church's decision to allow the ordination of women had been the last straw. 对他来说，教堂允许妇女被授予圣职的决定使他再也不能容忍下去了。

6. PHRASE If you draw the short straw, you are chosen from a number of people to perform a job or duty that you will not enjoy. 下下签

...if a few of your guests have drawn the short straw and agreed to drive others home after your summer barbecue. …如果你的几位客人抽到了下下签，并同意在你的夏日烧烤聚会后开车送其他人回家。