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
- 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。 - 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。 - To look for a needle in a haystack.
草垛里找针（大海捞针）。 - He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
他早在干草堆里睡着啦！ - He went out of the town, hoping to find some tree or haystack in the fields which would afford him shelter.
他出了城，希望能在田野中找到一棵树或是一个干草堆，可以靠一下。 - A needle would stand out in a haystack.
一根针在干草堆里会突显的。 - This time 19 people died but he was thrown clear of the crash and landed in a haystack.
这次事故中有19人死亡，但是他被抛到一个干草堆上脱离险境。 - Looking for them now is like fishing for a needle in a haystack!
这回要在庄稼地里搜捕，那不是海底捞针！ - 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。 - 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。