| 释义 |
last straw名词[the ~]加上去后令人无法再忍受的负担 [行为, 事情]His laughing was the ~.他那一笑令人再也无法忍受Her sitting up all that night was the ~. (在连续劳累之后再加上) 那天晚上的彻夜未眠终于使她累垮了【字源】源自谚语 It is the last straw that breaks the camel's back. (最后一根稻草压断骆驼的背) 这是说负荷量已达极限的骆驼, 只要再加一根稻草的重量, 就会压断骆驼的背脊; 引申为“即使是微量, 如果超过限度, 也会惹出大祸”也有以马 (horse) 代替骆驼, feather (羽毛) 代替 straw 的谚语 cf. strawn. 2a. |