straw
Made of strawMade of straw.
» Do you have a straw hat?
Hast du einen Strohhut? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
У тебе є солом'яний капелюх? — deniko
У тебе є бриль? — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
3 senses(not comparable)Made of straw.
straw hat
Stroh-
соло́менныйsolómennyj
(not comparable)Of a pale, yellowish beige colour, like that of a dried straw.
strohfarben, strohblond
соло́менныйsolómennyj
of a pale yellow color like straw; straw-colored
(figuratively, not comparable)Imaginary, but presented as real.
A straw enemy built up in the media to seem like a real threat, which then collapses like a balloon.
Examples
135 sentencesDo you have a straw hat?
У тебе є солом'яний капелюх? — deniko
deHast du einen Strohhut? — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Tom was drinking chocolate milk through a straw.
Том пив шоколадне молоко через трубочку. — deniko
deTom trank durch einen Strohhalm Schokoladenmilch. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
May I have a straw, please?
Можна мені трубочку, будь ласка? — deniko
That's the last straw.
Це остання крапля. — triantafillou
ruЭто последняя капля. — paul_lingvo
deDas schlägt dem Fass den Boden aus. — sigfrido
This is the final straw.
Це остання крапля. — triantafillou
ruЭто последняя капля. — paul_lingvo
deDas ist der Tropfen, der das Fass zum Überlaufen brachte. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Origin
From Middle English straugh, strauȝ, straw, strawe, strea, streuw, from Old English strēawFrom Middle English straugh, strauȝ, straw, strawe, strea, streuw, from Old English strēaw, strēow, from Proto-West Germanic *strau, from Proto-Germanic *strawą (“that which is strewn, straw”), from Proto-Indo-European *strew- (“to spread, strew”), from *sterh₃- (“to extend, spread”), from *ster- (“barren, infertile”).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Synonyms
1 synonymsWord family
35 related wordsCollocations
5 patterns- a straw hat
- straw hat
- wearing a straw
- the last straw
- last straw