straw S3 / strɔ $ strɒ / 名词

1

a) [不可数名词] 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) [可数名词] a single dried stem of straw

2

[可数名词] a thin tube of paper or plastic for sucking up liquid from a bottle or a cup :

She sipped her lemonade through a straw.

3 the 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.

4 be 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 work

5 straw 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.

6 straw man American English a weak opponent or imaginary argument that can easily be defeated

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