酷兔词典首页

chaff

美音:[tʃæf ]点这儿播放单词美音发声
英音:[tʃæf ]点这儿播放单词英音发声
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.

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