English Dictionary

straw

IPA（発音記号）

/stɹɔː/

動詞

廃用 俗語

To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost. / (obsolete, slang) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.

日本語の意味

植物を霜から守るために、植物の周囲にわらを敷く行為 / （古い俗語）通常は禁止されている品物（例：ポルノなど）の取引を隠すために、通りでわらを販売する行為

Every autumn we straw the vegetable beds to protect them from early frost.

毎年秋、早霜から守るために野菜の畝に藁を敷きます。

意味（1）

To lay straw around plants to protect them from frost.

意味（2）

(obsolete, slang) To sell straws on the streets in order to cover the giving to the purchaser of things usually banned, such as pornography.

It was the custom for the disaffected of those days to make known their grievances by distributing papers on doors of public buildings, and even strawing them in the high way, for the benefit of the chance passenger.

straws （ present singular third-person ）

strawing （ participle present ）

strawed （ participle past ）

strawed （ past ）