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

• TO find her in such a big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
  在这样的大城市里寻找她就好象大海捞针。
• If there are pockets of predictability, they will surely be buried under a haystack of gross unpredictability.
  即使真的存在这种可预测性口袋，它们也肯定被掩埋在一大堆不可预测性之下。
• He went out of the town, hoping to find some tree or haystack in the fields which would afford him shelter.
  他出了城，希望能在田野中找到一棵树或是一个干草堆，可以靠一下。
• We often ignore the real problem and instead search for a needle in a haystack.
  我们经常忽略实际问题，而是大海捞针。
• 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。
• 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。
• Trying to find that file on my computer is like looking for a needle in a haystack!
  想在我的电脑里找到那个档案简直是大海捞针！
• He fired a haystack.
  他点燃了一干草堆。
• The fox burrowed several holes near the haystack.
  那头狐狸在草堆附近挖了几个洞。
• To find a book we want in so many books is just as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack.
  要在那么多书中找到我们想要的那本，简直就是大海捞针啊！