英语词汇“hay”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hay1

/heɪ

noun [mass noun]

Grass that has been mown and dried for use as fodder.Here we plant a mixture of alfalfa and timothy, or alfalfa and orchard grass, as hay for horses or dairy cows....

By the time we headed back to the palace, we smelled of horse manure and hay, with hay and grass sticking out from our hair and clothes.
When a field gets too weedy, Fred will seed it in grasses and turn it into pasture or hay.

Synonyms

forage, dried grass, pasturage, herbage, silage, fodder, straw

verb [no object] (hay off)

chiefly Australian (Of grass, etc.) dry while standing: the grass had all hayed off and gone to seed (as adjective hayed-off) the hayed-off growth is eaten through the winter...

The feed hayed off to dry grass and stalks which won't maintain even a dry cow let alone one with a calf at foot.
Since his field had been hayed off, the plow took up his days.
The grass had hayed off on the top, but underneath it was still green, providing the best cattle-fattening feed imaginable.

Phrases

hit the hay

make hay (while the sun shines)

Origin

Old English hēg, hīeg, hīg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hooi and German Heu, also to hew.

An ancient word that goes back to around ad 800 in Old English. The phrase to make hay, ‘to make good use of an opportunity while it lasts’, is a shortening of the proverbial recommendation make hay while the sun shines, which has been in use since the 16th century. Since the late 19th century North American farmers have employed haywire to bind bales of hay and corn. Others found other uses for it, so that haywire came to describe anything patched together or poorly equipped. By the 1920s to go haywire meant ‘to go wrong’, and in the 1930s it was extended to cover people who were mentally disturbed or out of control.

Rhymes

hay2

/heɪ

noun

1A country dance with interweaving steps similar to a reel.He danced the Hays round two elbow chairs.

1.1A winding figure in a hay country dance.One of the most pleasing movements in country-dancing is what they call ‘the hay’.

Origin

Early 16th century: from an obsolete sense 'a kind of dance' of French haie 'hedge', figuratively 'row of people lining the route of a procession'.

单词	hay
释义	hay1 /heɪ / noun [mass noun] Grass that has been mown and dried for use as fodder.Here we plant a mixture of alfalfa and timothy, or alfalfa and orchard grass, as hay for horses or dairy cows.... By the time we headed back to the palace, we smelled of horse manure and hay, with hay and grass sticking out from our hair and clothes. When a field gets too weedy, Fred will seed it in grasses and turn it into pasture or hay. Synonyms forage, dried grass, pasturage, herbage, silage, fodder, straw verb [no object] (hay off) chiefly Australian (Of grass, etc.) dry while standing: the grass had all hayed off and gone to seed (as adjective hayed-off) the hayed-off growth is eaten through the winter... The feed hayed off to dry grass and stalks which won't maintain even a dry cow let alone one with a calf at foot. Since his field had been hayed off, the plow took up his days. The grass had hayed off on the top, but underneath it was still green, providing the best cattle-fattening feed imaginable. Phrases hit the hay make hay (while the sun shines) Origin Old English hēg, hīeg, hīg, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch hooi and German Heu, also to hew. An ancient word that goes back to around ad 800 in Old English. The phrase to make hay, ‘to make good use of an opportunity while it lasts’, is a shortening of the proverbial recommendation make hay while the sun shines, which has been in use since the 16th century. Since the late 19th century North American farmers have employed haywire to bind bales of hay and corn. Others found other uses for it, so that haywire came to describe anything patched together or poorly equipped. By the 1920s to go haywire meant ‘to go wrong’, and in the 1930s it was extended to cover people who were mentally disturbed or out of control. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea hay2 /heɪ / noun 1A country dance with interweaving steps similar to a reel.He danced the Hays round two elbow chairs. 1.1A winding figure in a hay country dance.One of the most pleasing movements in country-dancing is what they call ‘the hay’. Origin Early 16th century: from an obsolete sense 'a kind of dance' of French haie 'hedge', figuratively 'row of people lining the route of a procession'.
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