单词	straw
释义	strawstraw /strɔː $ strɒː/ ●●○ S3 noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINstraw Origin: Old English streaw Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A piece of straw drifted to the ground. A regular item was the purchase of carrots, straw, oats etc. for the animals. At the point where the air and water meet, the straw appears to bend. Have her seal a straw in another bag in the same way you did the first one. If you use straw as bedding for farm animals, generally speaking you improve the welfare of those animals. It is looking at using other products, such as straw, to help make Yellow Page directories. The boats are made mostly of rice straw, woven and bound together. They include using straw to make compost, paper ... and even chocolate cake. word sets WORD SETS► Crops alfalfa, nounarable, adjectivebarley, nounbran, nouncacao, nouncanker, nouncash crop, nouncassava, nouncereal, nouncocoa, nouncorn, nouncrop, nouncrop-dusting, nouncrop rotation, nouncrop-spraying, nouncultivate, verbcultivated, adjectivecultivation, nouncultivator, noundrill, noundrill, verbear, nounfertilize, verbfertilizer, nounfield corn, noungerminate, verbglean, verbgrain, noungranary, noungrower, nounharvest, nounharvest, verbharvester, nounhay, nounhayloft, nounhaystack, nounhorticulture, nounkernel, nounlift, verbmaize, nounmalt, nounmarket garden, nounmillet, nounoats, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveplant, verbplantation, nounpotato, nounproduce, nounpropagate, verbprune, verbreap, verbrice, nounrice paddy, nounripe, adjectiveroot crop, nounrotate, verbrye, nounryegrass, nounscion, nounseason, nounseed, verbseedbed, nounsheaf, nounsisal, nounsorghum, nounsow, verbsprout, nounstraw, nounstubble, nounsugar beet, nountaro, nountill, verbtillage, noununripe, adjectivevegetable, nounvineyard, nounviticulture, nounwheat, nounwindfall, nounwinnow, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► straw/cowboy/bowler etc hat COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► final · That was the final straw for Hall!· It was the final straw for those requiring some degree of musical consistency from the guy.· It was the final straw, being trapped like this in her own flat.· This very nearly was the final straw.· But for many in the markets, this was the final straw.· The dark glasses were the final straw as far as my schoolmates were concerned.· The final straw was when the government put up the price of rice yet again.· This press conference was the final straw for some officers, including a former Commander-in-Chief, General Challe. ► short · Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger.· And the short straw was this fat thick club.· They both have advantages and they're both vulnerable to the cosmic short straw. NOUN► boater · Ascot Sunday, and an attentive Edmund - straw boater, white flannels.· She pictured a straw boater and a bicycle and as her smile spread he abruptly faced her.· Their clerks, mostly in straw boaters, hurried along.· Jimmy was bare-headed and Dad wore a straw boater tipped over his eyes.· Hanging up on the pegs were three or four hats and among them a straw boater.· She wore a cream linen suit, a black straw boater, and black gloves.· Removal of the straw boater revealed a head of sleeked-down dark hair - a man's head of hair. ► hat · Little flames were breaking through the brim of Charlie's straw hat.· Dotty herself was in the garden, a straw hat of gigantic proportions crowning her untidy thatch of hair.· White straw hat, £9.99, Miss Selfridge.· She was dressed in a white frock and a round white straw hat.· Plain straw hat, about £10, Sandra Philips Simple, summery, swinging.· She was there every single night, a formidable figure in her long, black skirt, cardigan and black straw hat.· He leaned over her, removed her cheap hatpin and her old straw hat.· Mainly because of their vests and straw hats that were very narrow and turned up all around. ► man · Whether Lorenz's critics were firing a straw man is unimportant.· The creationist position in the Origin is never merely a straw man to be knocked down.· And, like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine, he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down. ► mattress · Then, pocketing the money, she placed the box back underneath the straw mattress and rolled Granny on to her back again.· Isabel bounced once against the plump straw mattress, then made a frantic bid for freedom.· At first it was pleasant to lie back on the straw mattress and relax.· It was an iron bed with two folded blankets on it and a thin straw mattress.· There was a new straw mattress and brass bedsteads on which the morning sun glittered like gold.· If the straw mattress was an inch out of line with the plank bed base, his food was reduced by one meal.· Then they laid her back on the straw mattress and covered her with a sheet. ► poll · It is a straw poll but our analysis suggests these problems are widespread. VERB► break · That was the straw which broke the camel's back and in the following 16 minutes United's game fell apart.· It was probably the straw that broke the camel's back.· The last straw that breaks the camel's back is indeed the proximate cause of that misfortune. ► clutch · Burrows, now clutching at straws, looked into it and became more and more interested in the actor.· Green ponds should not be a problem now, but come next summer, you may be clutching at straws.· In this context of impending war, Nizan began clutching at straws.· But if that was what Adams wanted, well, he was willing to clutch at any straw.· And as they get ready for the Big One, the title decider, the lads will clutch at every available straw. ► draw · Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger. ► grasp · But sometimes you grasp at straws.· For now, researchers admit that they are still grasping at straws. ► stuff · Then she had been lying in the nursery rocking chair as stuffed with straw as Andy and Teddy were full of beans.· I am only a Scarecrow, stuffed with straw.· The Scarecrow stuffed himself with fresh straw and Dorothy put new paint on his eyes that he might see better. ► wear · Buster Keaton would never have worn a straw hat, he stresses, and London is scoured for a felt one.· Tell Louella to wear her new straw.· The demonic figures wearing ugly masks and straw and brushwood clothes are intended to scare away evil spirits.· She wore a large white straw hat and looked as if she'd just been to church.· She was still wearing the ugly straw that she had put on for morning church.· Jimmy was bare-headed and Dad wore a straw boater tipped over his eyes.· Eleanor wore a pretty straw hat. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► straw man And, like Sir Geoffrey and Mr Heseltine, he routinely sets up federalism as a straw man to knock down. The creationist position in the Origin is never merely a straw man to be knocked down. The half-hour show uses these to the fullest, setting up straw man after straw man for Daria to demolish. Whether Lorenz's critics were firing a straw man is unimportant. ► the last straw Making me work late on a Friday was the last straw! Suzy lying to me about the money was the last straw. And they felt that the pressures of her work had been the last straw. For some reason that Jinny did not quite understand, it was the last straw. For some, the effort to silence Zundel was the last straw. His electoral thefts were the last straw. Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks' high-handed attitude. My getting this malignancy is the last straw, in her opinion. Recruitment of 40 top staff was the last straw. Sending in bailiffs was the last straw. ► be clutching/grasping at straws Green ponds should not be a problem now, but come next summer, you may be clutching at straws. ► straw in the wind A final straw in the wind may be Tolkien's increasing desire to pull strands together. But even before 1947 there were straws in the wind. There were other straws in the wind. These various statements amounted to straws in the wind rather than a fully defined policy for ending the war. PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► be clutching at straws Green ponds should not be a problem now, but come next summer, you may be clutching at straws. ► draw lots/straws Did you ever draw straws when you were a kid? It is a curious turn around from the days when bondholders pleased to be bought out and were driving to drawing lots! She took it thoughtfully like some one choosing a straw when drawing lots. The players alternate between the white and black pieces and draw lots to determine who plays white in today's first game. Then we drew lots to decide the order in which we should improvise, night by night. They drew lots to decide which should first seize his lady, and fortune favored Ephialtes. They also took turns administering the city-state, drawing lots to settle who would take on which job. ► draw the short straw I'm only here because I drew the short straw. Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger. ► be the last straw For Amy this was the last straw. For some reason that Jinny did not quite understand, it was the last straw. For some, the effort to silence Zundel was the last straw. His electoral thefts were the last straw. Mr Brown said the planned charges were the last straw for customers already angry over banks' high-handed attitude. My getting this malignancy is the last straw, in her opinion. Sending in bailiffs was the last straw. Transport pressure groups believe this will be the last straw for some services. ► draw/get the short straw Rose had drawn the short straw, and was thus forced to seek Lord Westbourne clasping the Romanov dagger. 1 a)[uncountable] the dried stems of wheat or similar plants that animals sleep on, and that are used for making things such as baskets, hats etc → hay:  a straw hat b)[countable] a single dried stem of straw2[countable] a thin tube of paper or plastic for sucking up liquid from a bottle or a cup:  She sipped her lemonade through a straw.3the last straw (also the straw that breaks the camel’s back) the last problem in a series of problems that finally makes you give up, get angry etc:  Making me work late on Friday was the last straw.4be clutching/grasping at straws to be trying everything you can to succeed, even though the things you are doing are not likely to help or work5straw in the wind British English a sign of what might happen in the future:  There have been a few straws in the wind suggesting things might be getting a little better.6straw man American English a weak opponent or imaginary argument that can easily be defeated → draw the short straw at draw1(29)
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