| 单词 | straw-cutting |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstraw-cutting b. objective, as straw-carrier, straw-clutching, straw-cutter, straw-cutting, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > hope > [noun] > unfounded hope forlorn hopea1643 wish-thinking1930 wishful thinking1932 a wing and a prayer1943 straw-clutching1962 hope-against-hope1968 1656 J. Collop Poesis Rediviva 64 Th' straw-gatherers of Egypt. 1790 W. Marshall Agric. Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Midland Counties II. 443 Straw-cutter, a cutter of straw, &c. into chaf. 1805 Trans. Soc. Arts 23 51 He purchased a straw-chopper, that the horses corn might be mixed with straw. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. v. ix. 292 After all that straw-burning, fire-pumping, and deluge of musketry. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 196 Straw-cutters are of very various construction. 1844 H. Stephens Bk. of Farm II. 196 Straw-cutting machines. 1869 Spons' Dict. Engin. I. 229 The straw-shaker [in a threshing-machine] should pass the straw at the rate of 75 to 80 ft. a-minute. 1884 J. Scott Barn Implements (1885) 145 The ‘Straw-Elevator,’ driven in connection with the threshing-machine. 1891 C. Roberts Adrift in Amer. 23 The straw carrier of the thrashing machine. 1962 L. Davidson Rose of Tibet iii. 65 Every bit of straw-clutching, every bit of hope..was followed instantly by a reaction of dismay. < as lemmas |
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