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。
• 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。
• He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
  他早在干草堆里睡着啦！
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• You can never find him in such a large crowd of people. You're looking for a needle in a haystack.
  你不可能在一大群人中找到他，你这样是大海捞针。
• 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。
• This can be like finding a needle in a haystack, especially if the SQL was generated by a third party, such as Hibernate or JPA.
  这就像是大海捞针，尤其是在SQL由Hibernate或JPA等第三方软件生成的情况下。