chaff

英[tʃɑːf] 美[tʃæf]
  • n. 谷壳；糠；揶揄
  • v. 开玩笑；戏弄
chaffy chaffed chaffed chaffing chaffs
GRE
星级词汇:

详细释义

Noun:
  1. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

  2. foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure

Verb:
  1. be silly or tease one another;

    "After we relaxed, we just kidded around"

双语例句

1. It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
分清良莠并不总是很容易。

来自柯林斯例句

2. An old bird is not to be caught with chaff.
谷壳捉不到老鸟.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
有经验的人不易受骗上当.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

4. Sift out the wheat from the chaff.
把小麦的壳筛出来.

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

5. When all the applications came in, our first task was to separate the wheat from the chaff.
当所有申请表送来的时候, 我们第一项任务是区分优劣.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作名词 (n.)
    1. The girl is winnowing the chaff from the corn.
      那个女孩正在簸去谷壳。
    2. An old bird is not to be caught with chaff.
      谷壳捉不到老鸟。
    3. They are sorting out the wheat from the chaff.
      他们正在把小麦从糠皮中拣出来。
    用作动词 (v.)
    1. We often chaff him for his fear of his wife.
      我们常常拿他的怕老婆开玩笑。
    2. The boys chaff the french boy about his mistake in speaking English.
      男孩子们取笑那个法国孩子讲英语时出的错。

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chagrin chafe chaffy Chaffe Chaffin chaffer Chaffal Chaffee Chaffey Chaffiol Chaffani chaffing
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