haystack

noun

1. 干草堆；干草垛
   a large pile of hay , used as a way of storing it until it is needed

1. （露天）干草堆，干草垛
   A haystack is 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.
2. 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 for a needle in a haystack, you mean that you are very unlikely indeed to find it.

1. Looking for them now is like fishing for a needle in a haystack!
   这回要在庄稼地里搜捕，那不是海底捞针！
2. 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。
3. 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。
4. I can use a rough sketch or import an image to query similar images from a bucket of hundreds of disparate images& almost like finding a needle or two in a haystack of images.
   我可以使用一个草图或是导入一个图像来从数百个不相干的图像中查询类似的图像&类似于从图像堆中寻找一两个图像。
5. 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。
6. 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。
7. Then Robert took hold of him and put him on top of the haystack.
   罗伯特抓住他，把他放在草堆顶上。
8. We're looking for a needle in a haystack here.
   我们在这儿是在干草堆里找针。
9. We often ignore the real problem and instead search for a needle in a haystack.
   我们经常忽略实际问题，而是大海捞针。
10. 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。
11. 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！
12. 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。
13. A crab and seaweed in the sea. To look for a needle in a haystack.
    一只螃蟹和一些海草。草垛里找针（大海捞针）。
14. 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。
15. 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。
16. TO find her in such a big city is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
    在这样的大城市里寻找她就好象大海捞针。
17. He's under a haystack, fast asleep.
    他早在干草堆里睡着啦！
18. He fired a haystack.
    他点燃了一干草堆。
19. To look for a needle in a haystack.
    草垛里找针（大海捞针）。
20. There is no use searching for him in this crowd; it is like looking for a needle in a haystack.
    在这样的人群中找寻他是徒劳的，这简直是大海捞针。
21. 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。
22. 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。
23. If it is past pedestrians away, and that is to find a needle in a haystack is difficult.
    如果是过往的行人拿走的，那要想找到已是大海捞针一样难了。
24. A needle would stand out in a haystack.
    一根针在干草堆里会突显的。
25. To find a book we want in so many books is just as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack.
    要在那么多书中找到我们想要的那本，简直就是大海捞针啊！
26. It's like trying to find a needle in a haystack.
    这就像是大海捞针一样难。
27. 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。
28. It will be like finding a needle in a haystack.
    就象在草堆里面找根针一样。
29. The fox burrowed several holes near the haystack.
    那头狐狸在草堆附近挖了几个洞。
30. 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。

n.

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
  1. 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

1. a stack of hay

   Synonym:    hayrickrick