haystack

英 [ˈheɪstæk]

美 [ˈheɪstæk]

n. 干草堆; 干草垛

复数：haystacks　

BNC.21605 / COCA.19464

习惯用语

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。

noun

（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.

noun

And finding an address can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.
而寻找地址也可能像是大海捞针一样。
You put it in the biggest haystack you can find.
当然会把钱藏到你能找到的最大的草堆里。
The fox burrowed several holes near the haystack.
那头狐狸在草堆附近挖了几个洞。
Searching for my keys in the garden is like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
在院子里找我的钥匙就似乎是在大海里捞针一样困难。
He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
他早在干草堆里睡着啦！
There is no use searching for him in this crowd; it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
在这样的人群中找寻他是徒劳的，这简直是大海捞针。
It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
这就像是大海捞针一样难。
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。
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。
A crab and seaweed in the sea. To look for a needle in a haystack.
一只螃蟹和一些海草。草垛里找针（大海捞针）。