hay

英 [heɪ]

美 [heɪ]

n.  (用作饲料的)干草，草料; 少量的钱
vi.  把（草）制成干草; 用干草喂割草晒干

复数：hays　现在分词：haying　过去式：hayed　第三人称单数：hays　过去分词：hayed　

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Collins.1 / BNC.6529 / COCA.7184

习惯用语

n.

make hay while the sun shines
• 趁有太阳时晒干草；抓紧时机；打铁趁热
  to make good use of opportunities, good conditions, etc. while they last
hit the hay/sack
• 上床睡觉
  to go to bed
a roll in the hay
• 性交
  an act of having sex with sb

牛津词典

noun

• （用作饲料的）干草，草料
  grass that has been cut and dried and is used as food for animals
  1. a bale of hay
     一大捆干草
• 少量的钱
  a small amount of money

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT （作饲料用的）干草
  Hayis grass which has been cut and dried so that it can be used to feed animals.
  1. ...bales of hay.
     一捆捆干草
  2. ...traditional hay making methods.
     传统的干草晒制方法
• PHRASE 趁太阳好晒草;抓紧有利时机;不失良机
  If you say that someoneis making hayoris making hay while the sun shines, you mean that they are taking advantage of a situation that is favourable to them while they have the chance to.
  1. We knew that war was coming, and were determined to make hay while we could.
     我们知道战争即将爆发，决心要趁早抓住有利时机。

英英释义

noun

• grass mowed and cured for use as fodder

verb

• convert (plant material) into hay

双语例句

• Hay had been cut and cow sheds had been cleaned.
  干草已切好了，牛栏已打扫过了。
• Widely grown stout Old World hay and pasture grass.
  种植广泛的旧世界干草和牧草。
• Both his clothes and the hay were saturated with rain.
  他的衣服和麦草都浸透了雨水。
• He could smell muck and clean fresh hay.
  他能闻到粪臭和清新的干草味。
• The presence of pollen in the atmosphere causes hay fever in some people.
  大气中花粉的存在使一些人患了花粉热。
• There is a stack of hay, a leaky barrel in the discard barn.
  在废弃的牲口棚中有一堆干草和一个漏的水桶。
• She learnt to hurdle by leaping over bales of hay on her family's farm.
  她通过在自家农场里跳跨干草捆学会了跨栏。
• I don't like spring because I have hay fever.
  我不喜欢春天是因为我有过敏性花粉症。
• These men have quarreled over the price of a load of hay.
  这帮人为了一车干草的价钱争吵不休。
• He ignited the wood with a band of hay.
  他用一把干草引燃了这些木柴。