straw學測 L3KK [ˈstrɔ] | /ˈstrɔ/
稻草;麥稈·吸管·淡黃色
常考字,一字身兼稻草與吸管兩義
Long ago, people actually drank through a hollow piece of dried straw.
很久以前,人們真的是用一小截中空的乾稻稈喝東西。
一個畫面:中空稻稈
稻稈本體收割穀物後留下的乾稈
中空吸管天生中空,可拿來吸飲料
曬乾色澤曬乾後呈淡黃色,成色彩詞
義項
稻稈鋪墊B2noun稻草;麥稈
After the harvest, the farmer spread straw on the barn floor as bedding for the cows.
收成後,農夫把稻草鋪在穀倉地板上,給乳牛當墊草。
spread strawstraw bedding
吸管啜飲C1noun吸管
At the picnic, she sipped her refreshing lemonade through a colorful straw.
野餐時,她用一根彩色吸管啜飲清爽的檸檬水。
a paper strawdrink through a straw
淡黃色澤C1noun淡黃色
The walls in her room were painted a soft straw color.
她房間的牆壁被漆成柔和的淡黃色。
a straw colorpale straw
片語
grasp at straws溺水抓浮草 →情急之下亂試辦法
the last straw壓垮駱駝 →忍無可忍的最後一擊
你會不會這樣說?
She sipped her lemonade through a colorful paper ___. (straw / strawberry)
看答案
straw
指吸管,與外形相似的 strawberry 意思完全不同。
'grasp at straws' 最貼近下列哪個意思?(A) 輕鬆獲得成功 (B) 情急之下嘗試渺茫的方法 (C) 收集稻草作紀念
看答案
(B)
此片語源自溺水者抓浮草的畫面,比喻情急亂試辦法。