hay
/heɪ/ (bre, ipa) · [hˈe] /heɪ/ (ame, ipa) · [hˈe] /ˈhā/ (ame, mw)
hay — 名詞
1. Dried grass used to feed farm animals such as horses, cows, or sheep.
乾草
割下曬乾的草，用作動物飼料
Dried grass used to feed farm animals such as horses, cows, or sheep.
The farmer stored the hay in a large barn before winter arrived.
農夫在冬天來臨前把乾草存放在大穀倉裡。
Yumi fed the horses a fresh pile of hay every morning.
Yumi 每天早上給馬匹餵一堆新鮮的乾草。
collocation: pile of hay
The dry weather was perfect for cutting and collecting hay from the fields.
乾燥的天氣非常適合收割並收集田裡的乾草。
A strong smell of hay filled the barn where the cows were resting.
一股濃濃的乾草味充滿了牛群休息的穀倉。
Andrew stacked the hay bales in the field after the summer harvest.
Andrew 在夏季收割後把乾草捆堆在田裡。
2. A place to sleep; bed. Used almost exclusively in the fixed phrase 'hit the hay'
床鋪
睡覺的地方（俚語）
A place to sleep; bed. Used almost exclusively in the fixed phrase 'hit the hay'.
After a long day of hiking, the tired campers were ready to hit the hay.
經過一整天的健行，疲憊的露營者準備上床睡覺了。
collocation: hit the hay (informal, meaning go to bed)
Sofia yawned and told her roommate she was going to hit the hay early.
Sofia 打了哈欠，告訴室友她要早點上床睡覺。
It was past midnight, so Andrew decided it was time to hit the hay.
已經過了午夜，Andrew 覺得該是上床睡覺的時候了。
The children were exhausted and could not wait to hit the hay after the party.
孩子們累壞了，等不及派對結束就要上床睡覺。
用法筆記
Almost always occurs in the fixed expression 'hit the hay.' Other forms such as 'find some hay' in the same meaning are very rare.
常見錯誤
hay — 動詞
- haypresent simple I / you / we / they
- hays3rd person singular
- haying-ing form
- hayedpast simple
1. To cut grass and leave it to dry in the sun, then collect and store it so it can
割曬乾草
收割並曬乾牧草
To cut grass and leave it to dry in the sun, then collect and store it so it can be used as animal food.
In late June, the family spent a week haying the fields before the rain.
六月底，這家人在下雨前花了一週時間在田裡割曬乾草。
pattern: hay + [land/field] (transitive)
The old tractor was used to hay the meadow behind the farmhouse.
那臺舊拖拉機用來收割農舍後方草地的乾草。
Yumi's uncle taught her how to hay the fields using traditional methods.
Yumi 的叔叔教她如何用傳統方法在田裡割曬乾草。
The farmers usually hay the land twice during the summer growing season.
農夫們通常在夏季生長期內割曬兩次乾草。
用法筆記
Far less common than the noun form. This verb is mostly used in agricultural or rural contexts describing farm work.
2. To give hay to an animal as its food.
餵乾草
用乾草餵養動物
To give hay to an animal as its food.
Every evening the stable hand hays the horses before locking the barn.
每天傍晚，馬廄工人在鎖上穀倉前給馬匹餵乾草。
pattern: hay + [animal] (direct object is the animal)
The farmer hays the sheep twice a day during the cold winter months.
在寒冷的冬季，農夫每天給羊餵兩次乾草。
Andrew hays the goats every morning before letting them out to graze.
Andrew 每天早上在放山羊出去吃草前先給牠們餵乾草。
The ranch manager showed the new worker how to hay the cattle properly.
牧場經理向新員工示範如何正確地給牛群餵乾草。
用法筆記
The direct object of this verb is the animal being fed, not the hay itself. You 'hay the horses' — do not say 'hay the hay.'