straw
noun · adjective · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(countable)A dried stalk of a cereal plant.
- 2.
(uncountable)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.
- 3.
(countable)A drinking straw.
- 4.
(countable, uncommon, uncountable)A pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- 5.
(countable, figuratively, uncountable)(figurative, chiefly in the negative) Anything proverbially worthless; the least possible thing.
to not care a straw
- 6.
(countable, uncountable)A straw owner.
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(not comparable)Made of straw.
straw hat
Đồng nghĩa: strawen
- 2.
(not comparable)Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
- 3.
(figuratively, not comparable)(figurative) Imaginary, but presented as real.
A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(idiomatic, transitive)To scatter or to spread loosely.
- 2.
(transitive)To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.
- 3.
(obsolete, slang)To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.
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From Middle English straugh, strauȝ, straw, strawe, strea, streuw, from Old English strēaw, strēow, from *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą (that which is strewn, straw), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (to spread, strew), from *sterh₃- (to extend, spread), from *ster- (barren, infertile).