strawn.
1. trifle 小事，琐事，琐碎东西。
△ Ham.4.4.25: “Twothousand souls and twenty thousand ducats Will notdebate the question of this straw.”两千条性命，两万块金币，也解决不了这个草芥问题。
△Ham. 4. 4. 55:“But great-ly to find quarrel in a straw / When honour’s at thestake.”但是在荣誉受到危害的关头，虽是一根稻草也要大争特争。(又译：苟荣誉所关，寸草必争。)
△Ham.4.5.6:“Spurns enviously at straws.”愤怒地踢开一些小东西。(又译：打鸡骂狗。)
2. open shelter thatched with straw 草棚。
△Lr.3.2.69:“Where is this straw,my fellow?”草棚在哪里，朋友？ straw[stɔ:]n.草帽，麦秆，稻草，吸管adj.淡黄色的，假的，无用的
◇a straw微不足道的事物
clutch at a straws抓住救命稻草
the last straw使人不能忍受的最后一击
throw straws against the wind螳臂当车
‖ straw bail空头担保
straw bond假证券
straw-roofed house茅屋 |