Что (кто) такое straw - определение
AGRICULTURAL BYPRODUCT OF CEREAL CROPS
Straw package; Strawbale; Strawblocks; Straw (agricultural product); Straw-bale; Straw bale; Straw strength; Rice straw
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straw
I. n.
1.
Stalk, stem or culm (of grain after being thrashed).
2.
Fig, pin, button, rush, penny, farthing, snap.
II. v. a.
See strew.
straw
(straws)
1.
Straw consists of the dried, yellowish stalks from crops such as wheat or barley.
The barn was full of bales of straw...
...a wide-brimmed straw hat.
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2.
A straw is a thin tube of paper or plastic, which you use to suck a drink into your mouth.
...a bottle of lemonade with a straw in it.
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3.
If you are clutching at straws or grasping at straws, you are trying unusual or extreme ideas or methods because other ideas or methods have failed.
...a badly thought-out scheme from a Government clutching at straws.
PHRASE: V inflects
4.
If an event is the last straw or the straw that broke the camel's back, it is the latest in a series of unpleasant or undesirable events, and makes you feel that you cannot tolerate a situation any longer.
For him the Church's decision to allow the ordination of women had been the last straw...
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5.
If you draw the short straw, you are chosen from a number of people to perform a job or duty that you will not enjoy.
...if a few of your guests have drawn the short straw and agreed to drive others home after your summer barbecue.
PHRASE: usu v PHR
straw
n.
tube
1) (to drink) through a straw
2) (misc.) to decide smt. by drawing straws (also fig.)
misc.
3) a straw in the wind ('a hint of smt. to come'); to clutch at straws ('to try in desperation'); the last straw, or: the straw that broke the camel's back ('a final burden that exceeds one's endurance')
Википедия
Straw
Straw is an agricultural byproduct consisting of the dry stalks of cereal plants after the grain and chaff have been removed. It makes up about half of the yield of cereal crops such as barley, oats, rice, rye and wheat. It has a number of different uses, including fuel, livestock bedding and fodder, thatching and basket making.
Straw is usually gathered and stored in a straw bale, which is a bale, or bundle, of straw tightly bound with twine, wire, or string. Straw bales may be square, rectangular, or round, and can be very large, depending on the type of baler used.
Примеры произношения для straw
1. Straw, straw, straw, straw.
How Blind Users Experience Youtube _ Victor Tsaran _ Talks at Google
2. Like the plastic straw, the plastic straw
Can This One Simple Change Save the Planet _ Ed Winters _ Talks at Google
3. the straw.
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4. ♪ Straw had been rolled ♪
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5. And it's like a straw, and that straw reaches down
Exploring The World of Honey Bees _ Mariah McDonald & Spencer Jones _ Talks at Google
Примеры употребления для straw
1. Michael Straw, 25, and Iana Straw, 23, pleaded guilty Friday to two counts each of child neglect.
2. Mr Blair replaced Jack Straw as foreign secretary with Margaret Beckett, moving Mr Straw to the post of Commons leader.
3. Pointing the finger: Jack Straw Jack Straw today pointed the finger of blame over the dodgy donors at Tony Blair.
4. UK‘s Straw invites Condoleezza Rice to England LONDON (Reuters) – British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw said on Saturday U.S.
5. A spokesman for Mr Straw confirmed that Mr Annan had called him but said Mr Straw had no comment.