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straw (uncountable) - used as material
The basket is made of straw.
这个篮子是用稻草编的。
吸管
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
吸管
a thin tube used for sucking a drink from a container
The basket is made of straw.
这个篮子是用稻草编的。
谷物植物的干秆
A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
用于制作篮子和帽子或作为饲料的植物纤维
plant fiber used e.g. for making baskets and hats or as fodder
这些干秆的集合；根据地区和市场条件,这种大宗物质可能是主要可销售产品、副产品、饲料、垫料或绿肥
Such dried stalks considered collectively; this bulk matter may be a chief salable product, a by-product, fodder, bedding, or green manure, depending on region and on current market conditions.
由种子分离出的种皮和小茎叶组成的材料
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
The farmer spread straw across the barn floor for the animals to sleep on.
农民在谷仓地板上铺了一层稻草，让动物们睡在上面。
The workers used straw to make the roof of the old cottage.
工人们用稻草给老屋盖屋顶。
She picked up a few straws from the ground and put them in the basket.
她从地上捡起几根麦秆，放进篮子里。
The basket is made of straw.
这个篮子是用稻草编的。
She drank the juice through a straw.
她用吸管喝果汁。
常用于指一系列不幸事件中最终导致崩溃的事情。
His rudeness was the last straw.
他的无礼是最后一根稻草。
Not this
Could you give me some straw for my drink?
Use this
Could you give me a straw for my drink?
吸管是可数名词，当表示一根吸管时，需要用不定冠词 a，或者用复数形式 straws。
Not this
The scarecrow is made of straws.
Use this
The scarecrow is made of straw.
稻草（材料）是不可数名词，没有复数形式，应直接使用 straw。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
草帽
She wore a wide-brimmed straw hat to protect herself from the sun.
她戴着一顶宽边草帽以防晒。
稻草人
The farmer put a straw man in the field to scare away birds.
农民在田里放了一个稻草人来吓走鸟。
民意测验
A straw poll showed that most people supported the new policy.
一项民意测验显示大多数人支持新政策。
吸管
He sipped his soda through a drinking straw.
他用吸管喝苏打水。
稻草捆
They built a temporary shelter using straw bales.
他们用稻草捆搭建了一个临时庇护所。
最后一根稻草；最终使人无法忍受的事
When he showed up late again, it was the last straw.
当他再次迟到时，这成了最后一根稻草。
抓救命稻草；绝望中做无谓的挣扎
He's grasping at straws by trying to blame his assistant.
他试图责怪助手，简直是急不择路。
稻草人谬误；假想敌（为了驳倒而树立的荒谬论点）
Don't set up a straw man just to knock it down.
不要为了驳倒而树立一个荒谬的论点。
我是搅动饮品的那根吸管。
The baseball player famously called himself the straw that stirs the drink.
这位棒球运动员以自称‘搅动饮品的那根吸管’而闻名。
这就是压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草！
After a series of mishaps, the character exclaimed it was the straw that broke the camel's back.
在一连串的倒霉事后，这个角色大喊这就是压垮骆驼的最后一根稻草。
Use straw naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
用稻草做的吸管，吸管是straw。
混合；吸管用于日常，稻草多用于农业，淡黄色用于颜色描述
All words share the -aw ending and rhyme with 'straw' (pronounced /strɔː/ in US English).
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