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

It will be like finding a needle in a haystack.
就象在草堆里面找根针一样。
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。
Trying to find that file on my computer is like looking for a needle in a haystack!
想在我的电脑里找到那个档案简直是大海捞针！
Searching for one man in this big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
在这座城市里寻找一个人犹如大海捞针。
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。
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。
It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
这就像是大海捞针一样难。
This time 19 people died but he was thrown clear of the crash and landed in a haystack.
这次事故中有19人死亡，但是他被抛到一个干草堆上脱离险境。
He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
他早在干草堆里睡着啦！
If there are pockets of predictability, they will surely be buried under a haystack of gross unpredictability.
即使真的存在这种可预测性口袋，它们也肯定被掩埋在一大堆不可预测性之下。