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
- To find a book we want in so many books is just as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack.
要在那么多书中找到我们想要的那本，简直就是大海捞针啊！ - Only governments or large organisations would have the resources and manpower to find the needle in a haystack, he said.
他表示，只有政府或大型机构会有资源和人力大海捞针。 - 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。 - 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。 - The fox burrowed several holes near the haystack.
那头狐狸在草堆附近挖了几个洞。 - 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。 - 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。 - It will be like finding a needle in a haystack.
就象在草堆里面找根针一样。 - This can be like finding a needle in a haystack, especially if the SQL was generated by a third party, such as Hibernate or JPA.
这就像是大海捞针，尤其是在SQL由Hibernate或JPA等第三方软件生成的情况下。 - 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！