chaff
美音:[tʃæf
]
英音:[tʃæf
]
n.谷壳,糠,愚弄 v.戏弄,开玩笑
难易程度:
chaff为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
形容词:chaffy 动词过去式:chaffed 过去分词:chaffed 现在分词:chaffing 第三人称单数:chaffs
chaff
/tʃɑ:f; [US] tʃæf; tʃæf/
n [U]
1 outer covering of corn, etc, separated from the grain by threshing or winnowing 谷物的皮谷. Cf 参看 husk.
2 hay or straw cut up as food for cattle （切碎作饲料用的）乾草, 草料.
3 (idm 习语) separate the wheat from the chaff => separate2.
/tʃɑ:f; [US] tʃæf; tʃæf/ v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (about sth) (dated or fml 旧或文) tease sb in a good-natured way （善意地）戏弄某人, 开某人的玩笑
*They chaffed him about his love-life. 他们拿他的爱情生活开玩笑.
n [U] good-natured teasing or joking （善意的）戏弄或玩笑.
n [U]
1 outer covering of corn, etc, separated from the grain by threshing or winnowing 谷物的皮谷. Cf 参看 husk.
2 hay or straw cut up as food for cattle （切碎作饲料用的）乾草, 草料.
3 (idm 习语) separate the wheat from the chaff => separate2.
/tʃɑ:f; [US] tʃæf; tʃæf/ v [Tn, Tn.pr] ~ sb (about sth) (dated or fml 旧或文) tease sb in a good-natured way （善意地）戏弄某人, 开某人的玩笑
*They chaffed him about his love-life. 他们拿他的爱情生活开玩笑.
n [U] good-natured teasing or joking （善意的）戏弄或玩笑.
chaff
n[U]
[Language: Old English;Origin: ceaf]
the outer seed covers that are separated from grain before it is used as food
dried grasses and plant stems that are used for food for farm animals
→separate the wheat from the chaffatwheat
[Language: Old English;Origin: ceaf]
the outer seed covers that are separated from grain before it is used as food
dried grasses and plant stems that are used for food for farm animals
→separate the wheat from the chaffatwheat
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