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straw
[ straw ]
noun
- a single stalk or stem, especially of certain species of grain, chiefly wheat, rye, oats, and barley.
- a mass of such stalks, especially after drying and threshing, used as fodder.
- material, fibers, etc., made from such stalks, as used for making hats or baskets.
- the negligible value of one such stalk; trifle; least bit:
not to care a straw.
- a tube, usually of paper or glass, for sucking up a beverage from a container:
to sip lemonade through a straw.
- anything of possible but dubious help in a desperate circumstance.
- a straw hat.
adjective
- of, pertaining to, containing, or made of straw:
a straw hat.
- of the color of straw; pale yellow.
- of little value or consequence; worthless.
- sham; fictitious.
Straw
1/ 蝉迟谤蓴藧 /
noun
- StrawJack1946MBritishPOLITICS: politicianPOLITICS: statesman Jack, full name John Whitaker Straw. born 1946, British Labour politician; Home Secretary (1997鈥2001); Foreign Secretary (2001鈥06); Lord Chancellor (2007鈥10)
straw
2/ 蝉迟谤蓴藧 /
noun
- stalks of threshed grain, esp of wheat, rye, oats, or barley, used in plaiting hats, baskets, etc, or as fodder
- ( as modifier )
a straw hat
- a single dry or ripened stalk, esp of a grass
- a long thin hollow paper or plastic tube or stem of a plant, used for sucking up liquids into the mouth
- usually used with a negative anything of little value or importance
I wouldn't give a straw for our chances
- a measure or remedy that one turns to in desperation (esp in the phrases clutch or grasp at a straw or straws )
- a pale yellow colour
- ( as adjective )
straw hair
- straw in the winda hint or indication
- the last strawa small incident, setback, etc that, coming after others, proves intolerable
adjective
- having little value or substance
straw
3/ 蝉迟谤蓴藧 /
verb
- archaic.another word for strew
Derived Forms
- 藞蝉迟谤补飞藢濒颈办别, adjective
Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms
- 蝉迟谤补飞顎僱别蝉蝉 adjective
- 蝉迟谤补飞顎僱颈办别顎 adjective
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of straw1
Idioms and Phrases
- catch / clutch / grasp at a straw / straws / any straw(s), to seize at any chance, no matter how slight, of saving oneself from calamity.
- draw straws, to decide by lottery using straws or strawlike items of different lengths, usually with the short straw or straws determining the person chosen or the loser.
More idioms and phrases containing straw
- draw straws
- grasp at straws
- last straw
- make bricks without straw
- not worth a dime (straw)
Example Sentences
For others in the electorate though, the last straw was watching Dutton fly to a fundraiser in Sydney as the area in and around Dickson was hit by Cyclone Alfred in February.
"In the past they tried to burn damp straw to create a darker smoke and dry straw to make lighter smoke - but this caused some confusion because sometimes it appeared grey."
But, if you must, drink with a straw from the bottom.
The getaway driver, whose face was covered by the straw hat, remains unidentified, according to Byers鈥 affidavit.
She says freezes to Medicare rebates 鈥 which were overseen by both parties between 2013 and 2017 and meant the payments didn't even keep up with inflation 鈥 were the last straw.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from 亚洲网紅露点 Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 漏 Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage庐 Idioms Dictionary copyright 漏 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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