haystack

英 [ˈheɪstæk]

美 [ˈheɪstæk]

n.  干草堆; 干草垛

复数：haystacks　

TEM8

BNC.21605 / COCA.19464

习惯用语

n.

a needle in a haystack
• 草垛里的针；几乎不可能找到的东西
  a thing that is almost impossible to find
• Searching for one man in this city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
  在这个城市里找一个人无异于大海捞针。

牛津词典

noun

• 干草堆；干草垛
  a large pile of hay , used as a way of storing it until it is needed

柯林斯词典

• （露天）干草堆，干草垛
  Ahaystackis a large, solid pile of hay, often covered with a straw roof to protect it, which is left in the field until it is needed.
• 落进干草垛里的一根针（比喻如大海捞针般难找的东西）
  If you are trying to find something and say that it is like looking fora needle in a haystack, you mean that you are very unlikely indeed to find it.

英英释义

noun

• a stack of hay
  Synonym:hayrickrick

双语例句

• Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
  在这座城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。
• You put it in the biggest haystack you can find.
  当然会把钱藏到你能找到的最大的草堆里。
• You can never find him in such a large crowd of people. You're looking for a needle in a haystack.
  你不可能在一大群人中找到他，你这样是大海捞针。
• Looking for them now is like fishing for a needle in a haystack!
  这回要在庄稼地里搜捕，那不是海底捞针！
• Only governments or large organisations would have the resources and manpower to find the needle in a haystack, he said.
  他表示，只有政府或大型机构会有资源和人力大海捞针。
• Then Robert took hold of him and put him on top of the haystack.
  罗伯特抓住他，把他放在草堆顶上。
• A crab and seaweed in the sea. To look for a needle in a haystack.
  一只螃蟹和一些海草。草垛里找针（大海捞针）。
• The fox burrowed several holes near the haystack.
  那头狐狸在草堆附近挖了几个洞。
• I can use a rough sketch or import an image to query similar images from a bucket of hundreds of disparate images& almost like finding a needle or two in a haystack of images.
  我可以使用一个草图或是导入一个图像来从数百个不相干的图像中查询类似的图像&类似于从图像堆中寻找一两个图像。
• Searching for my keys in the garden is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
  在院子里找我的钥匙就似乎是在大海里捞针一样困难。