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词汇 straw
释义 straw
noun
uk /strɔː/ us /strɑː/

strawnoun (DRIED STEMS)


C1[ U ]
the dried, yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used as food for animals or as a layer on the ground for animals to lie on, and for making traditional objects: 禾秆;麦秆;稻草
a bale of straw一捆稻草
a straw basket/hat草编篮/草帽
straw-coloured hair浅黄色的头发
 
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straw matting
Prisoners slept on straw mats.
Add a layer of straw to your compost heap before adding more grass clippings.
The calf was sitting, quite still, on bed of straw.
She had little pieces of straw in her hair.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Crafts
artificer
artisan
artisanal
arts and crafts
artsy-craftsy
crafty
crochet
découpage
emboss
engrave
handcrafted
handicraft
handiwork
inlay
intarsia
re-engrave
screen printing
silkscreen
tjanting tool
tritik

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Animal food

strawnoun (TUBE)


C2[ C ]
a thin tube made of plastic or waterproof paper that is used to suck liquid into the mouth: 吸管
Why don't you drink your milk through a straw?你为什么不用吸管喝牛奶?
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Drinks - general words
beverage
blender
caffeinated
carbonated
chaser
craft
fizzy
flat
flight
glass
hospitality
hospitality tray
ice cube
iced
refreshment
shaved ice
sundowner
thirst-quenching
top something up
weak

Idioms


clutch/grasp at straws
the final/last straw
straw in the wind

straw | American Dictionary


straw
noun
us/strɔ/

strawnoun (DRIED STEMS)


[ U ]
the dried yellow stems of crops such as wheat, used for animals or for weaving:
straw hats/baskets
The horse had a warm bed of fresh straw.

strawnoun (TUBE)


[ C ]
a thin tube, usually made of plastic, used to suck a drink from a container

Idiom


the last straw

Examples of straw


straw
However, this default constraint on the orientation of the straw is not permanent.
Moreover, the straw man the critics have attacked has in some cases been made of real straw.
This question might be dismissed as a straw-man argument against a version of strong adaptationism.
Other farmers chose to harvest seed and straw at maturity.
His toppling of straw men does not tell us much about the genuine merits of the positivist stance.
It provided "a straw man in contrast to which the diverse-even incompatible-character of various streams of recent scholarship is obscured" (273).
They were kept on straw and were fed hay twice daily.
Except for the 1992 growing season, straw production remained low without any mulch despite fertilizer application.
It is interesting to note here that the final straw for her neighbours was the repeated playing of the song.
Its seed is a rich source of protein, minerals, and vitamins for human nutrition, and the straw is a valued animal feed.
No association is required with this method as the selection is direct rather than indirect, as it is with coins, straws, and dice.
In case of a straw that may be lying horizontal on the work-space, the default orientation is vertical.
Effect of straw addition on nitrous oxide and methane emissions from stored farmyard manures.
Eventually they come to an agreement that the wife will disguise herself as a child by putting on a straw hat decorated with flowers.
Effects of genotype and simulated rainfall on the morphological characteristics, chemical composition and rumen degradation of the straw fractions of barley plants.
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Collocations withstraw


straw

These are words often used in combination with straw.

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drinking straw
Cut a piece of drinkingstraw to fit.
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rice straw
They were fed with ricestraw treated with 50 g urea/l as the source of roughage throughout the experiments.
straw bale
However, typical strawbale houses have very thick walls and thus are well insulated.
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