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

• It will be like finding a needle in a haystack.
  就象在草堆里面找根针一样。
• 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。
• 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！
• Randomly searching for needles in a haystack is unlikely to deliver great yields.
  盲无目的地大海捞针不太可能带来巨额收益。
• He fired a haystack.
  他点燃了一干草堆。
• To look for a needle in a haystack.
  草垛里找针（大海捞针）。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。