straw in the wind

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstraw in the windstraw in the windBritish EnglishPREDICT 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. → strawExamples from the Corpusstraw in the wind• A final straw in the wind may be Tolkien's increasing desire to pull strands together.• 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.• But even before 1947 there were straws in the wind.

单词	straw in the wind
释义	straw in the wind From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstraw in the windstraw in the windBritish EnglishPREDICT 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. → strawExamples from the Corpusstraw in the wind• A final straw in the wind may be Tolkien's increasing desire to pull strands together.• 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.• But even before 1947 there were straws in the wind.
随便看	plough ahead plough back plough back into plough into plough into somebody/something plough on plough something → back into something plough something ↔ back plough something ↔ up plough through plough through something plough up penalty of doing penalty point penalty shoot out penalty shoot-out penalty shootout penance pence pence penchant pencher pencil pencil box pencil case