haystack
英 [ˈheɪstæk]
美 [ˈheɪstæk]
n. 干草堆; 干草垛
复数：haystacks
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
双语例句
- 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！ - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - When the guard came an officer hunted in the haystack and found Brown with two arrows in his neck.
警衞队到来后，一个军官在草堆中搜寻，找到布朗，见他脖子插两支箭。 - He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
他早在干草堆里睡着啦！ - Only governments or large organisations would have the resources and manpower to find the needle in a haystack, he said.
他表示，只有政府或大型机构会有资源和人力大海捞针。 - It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
这就像是大海捞针一样难。 - A needle would stand out in a haystack.
一根针在干草堆里会突显的。 - TO find her in such a big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
在这样的大城市里寻找她就好象大海捞针。