吸管的英文为straw。straw可作名词和形容词两种词性，基本含义除了“吸管”之外，还有“稻草”、“麦秆”、“一根禾秆”、“稻草的”、“稻草人般的”、“假的”等意思。
straw的基本含义及用法介绍
1、作为名词时，意为稻草;(收割后干燥的)禾秆;麦秆;一根禾秆(或麦秆、稻草);(喝饮料用的)吸管。
例句：He was leaning over the gate chewing on a straw.
他嘴里嚼着一根麦秆，靠到栅门上。
The barn was full of bales of straw...
谷仓里堆满了成捆的稻草。
She nestled the eggs safely in the straw in Jim's basket.
她把鸡蛋轻轻地放在吉姆篮子里的稻草上。
The barn was full of bales of straw
谷仓里堆满了成捆的稻草。
He acted like a drowning man trying to catch at a straw.
他那样做好像一个快要淹死的人拼命想捞救命稻草一样。
Her hair is dry and messy like a bunch of straw.
她的头发又干又乱象一束禾秆草。
He was leaning over the gate chewing on a straw.
他嘴里嚼着一根麦秆，靠到栅门上。
I stumbled through mud to a yard strewn with straw.
我跌跌撞撞地趟过泥地来到一个堆满麦秆的场院。
I can even get you straws if you want.
我甚至可以给你吸管来喝。
After you stop running, keep breathing through the straw.
你停止跑之后，继续用吸管呼吸。
2、作为形容词时，意为稻草的;稻草[麦秆]做的;(作为替身的)稻草人般的;假的。
例句：The old peasant is twisting pieces of straw into a rope.
这位老农民正把稻草搓成绳子。
A man of straw is worth a woman of gold.
稻草男人抵得上金玉女子。
A house roof made with a plant material ( as straw).
用一种植物原料（如稻草）做的屋顶。
