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。
• 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！
• 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。
• There is no use searching for him in this crowd; it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
  在这样的人群中找寻他是徒劳的，这简直是大海捞针。
• 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！
• 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。
• 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。
• If it is past pedestrians away, and that is to find a needle in a haystack is difficult.
  如果是过往的行人拿走的，那要想找到已是大海捞针一样难了。
• 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！
• Randomly searching for needles in a haystack is unlikely to deliver great yields.
  盲无目的地大海捞针不太可能带来巨额收益。