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　

Collins.1 / BNC.6529 / COCA.7184

习惯用语

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

a roll in the hay

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

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。

noun

verb

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。
He raises 2,000 acres of wheat and hay.
他种植了2,000英亩的小麦和牧草。
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。
She's a victim of the dreaded hay fever
她患上了花粉热这种讨厌的病症。
Rainy weather brings blessed relief to hay fever victims.
雨天会给枯草热患者带来欣喜，减轻他们的痛苦。
The driver heaped a cart with hay.
车夫装了一大车干草。
Farmers cut the hay, fork it on to a cart and then store it in barns.
农夫们割下干草，用叉子把草叉到车上，然后拉到谷仓贮存。
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。
By June we had already baled one cutting of hay and gotten it safely into the barn.
到六月份我们已经砍了第一批干草并打成捆，安全运进谷仓了。
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。