A dozen hopeful men in stained straw hats stood back to let me inspect their work, which so far had yielded only a mountain of exhumed sand, dry as dust.

十多个头戴草帽的人满怀希望地在地面忙做，汗水和泥水弄脏了草帽。为了让我看到他们的劳动成果他们退后了几步，我看到从井底掘出的沙子已经堆成一座小山，这些沙子非常干燥见不到一点水分。

The farmers tried to fear the crows out of corn by planting several men of straw.

农民们树起了几个稻草人，试图把乌鸦从玉米地里吓跑。

The men were dressed in gray and khaki work clothes, straw hats, and work shoes.

他们穿着灰色卡其布工作服，带着草帽，穿着工作鞋。

And in the country districts, people throw gifts through the open Windows of houses, together with straw figures of men and animals, for good luck.

在乡下，人们会从家里敞开的窗口往外扔礼物，同时扔出的还有稻草人和稻草编织的动物，以此祈求好运。

The men who work the boat wear what canal workers might have worn back then-broad-brimmed straw hats and suspenders that pull their scratchy-looking pants high above their boots.

船上的工人穿着只有当年运河船工们才有的行头：宽边草帽和吊带裤。 那吊带把他们那看起来粗糙的裤子高高吊起，露出他们的靴子。

I passed men in straw hats pedaling bicycles and driving horse-drawn buggies on my way to Martin's Native Lumber.

在前往马丁原生木材厂的路上，我超过一个戴着草帽骑脚踏车的人和一辆四轮马车。

Men wear straw hats in summer or simply tie a piece of white cloth around their foreheads.

男人在夏天戴草帽或者简单的在前额上戴一条白布。