strawn. 1. trifle 小事,瑣事,瑣碎東西。 △ Ham.4.4.25: “Twothousand souls and twenty thousand ducats Will notdebate the question of this straw.”兩千條性命,兩萬塊金幣,也解決不了這個草芥問題。 △Ham. 4. 4. 55:“But great-ly to find quarrel in a straw / When honour’s at thestake.”但是在榮譽受到危害的關(guān)頭,雖是一根稻草也要大爭特爭。(又譯:茍榮譽所關(guān),寸草必爭。) △Ham.4.5.6:“Spurns enviously at straws.”憤怒地踢開一些小東西。(又譯:打雞罵狗。) 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[st?:]n.草帽,麥稈,稻草,吸管adj.淡黃色的,假的,無用的 ◇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擊 throw straws against the wind螳臂當車 ‖ straw bail空頭擔保 straw bond假證券 straw-roofed house茅屋 |