英语词汇“last straw”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

last straw n. [with allusion to the proverb it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back (see straw n.¹ 8)] the culminating fact or event in a series of unpleasant or unwelcome ones, causing an extreme reaction not experienced before.

1845 Calcutta Rev. 4 136 Some other leperous distilment would have been poured into their ears—some other offensive innovation would have been attributed to Government—and the last straw would still have been found.

1860 Harvard Mag. June 313 Jim thrusts a ten-pound cod, which he has just caught, right under your nose; this is the ‘last straw’.

1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 865 In ordinary cases of the disease there is often some minor exciting cause which acts as a ‘last straw’.

1939 D. Whipple Priory i. 19 The fire was the last straw. Positively the last. He would stand no more.

2004 J. McCourt Queer Street xvii. 532 Ripping out the historic privet was one thing—but the fretted lanterns, the tecoma bushes and the mariposa were the last straw!

单词	last straw
释义	> as lemmas last straw last straw n. [with allusion to the proverb it is the last straw that breaks the camel's back (see straw n.¹ 8)] the culminating fact or event in a series of unpleasant or unwelcome ones, causing an extreme reaction not experienced before. Π 1845 Calcutta Rev. 4 136 Some other leperous distilment would have been poured into their ears—some other offensive innovation would have been attributed to Government—and the last straw would still have been found. 1860 Harvard Mag. June 313 Jim thrusts a ten-pound cod, which he has just caught, right under your nose; this is the ‘last straw’. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 865 In ordinary cases of the disease there is often some minor exciting cause which acts as a ‘last straw’. 1939 D. Whipple Priory i. 19 The fire was the last straw. Positively the last. He would stand no more. 2004 J. McCourt Queer Street xvii. 532 Ripping out the historic privet was one thing—but the fretted lanterns, the tecoma bushes and the mariposa were the last straw! extracted from lastadv.adj.n.⁴ < as lemmas
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