jackstraw.
/jak-straw/US // ˈdʒækˌstrɔ //
稻草人,稻草
Definitions
n.noun · 名词
- 1.
- ›one of a group of strips of wood or similar objects, as straws or toothpicks, used in the game of jackstraws.
- ›jackstraws, a game in which players compete in picking up, one by one, as many jackstraws as possible without disturbing the heap.
- ›Obsolete. a straw-stuffed figure of a man; scarecrow; straw man.an insignificant person.
Examples
The forest, swept as by a giant broom, became a jackstraw tangle of destruction.
What a jackstraw world this had proved itself to him in this last week!
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