| 单词 | haystack |
| 释义 | haystack (once / 5214 pages) n A haystack is a pile or bundle of hay. On farms, after hay has been cut, it's formed into haystacks until being fed to farm animals. Haystacks come in different shapes and sizes, including piles of rectangular blocks of hay; rounded bales; and pointed piles of hay. These haystacks are all packed tightly, and they're often covered to protect them from the rain. You've probably heard the phrase "a needle in a haystack," an idiom that's used when a search is on for some impossibly tiny thing that's lost. WORD FAMILYhaystack: haystacks USAGE EXAMPLESAnd yet another outlined the process of haystack production in Romania. Time(Dec 29, 2016) Degas ballerinas and Monet haystacks are more the ticket. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) Despite the recent media tempest about the Haystack Monument, the statue seems relatively uncontroversial among students. Wall Street Journal(Dec 09, 2016) n a stack of hay Syn|Hypo|Hyper hayrick, rick haycock a small cone-shaped pile of hay that has been left in the field until it is dry enough to carry to the hayrick stack an orderly pile |
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