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

To look for a needle in a haystack.
草垛里找针（大海捞针）。
The fox burrowed several holes near the haystack.
那头狐狸在草堆附近挖了几个洞。
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。
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 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。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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。