chaff

FREQ #37832

n. 谷壳, 糠, 揶揄 v. 开玩笑, 戏弄

发音

UK /t͡ʃæf/
其它
UK /t͡ʃɑːf/
US /t͡ʃæf/

词形变化

chaffs 复数 chaffed chaffing chaffs 三单 chaffs chaffing 现在分词 chaffed 过去式 chaffed 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

    秕糠

    谷壳

    谷糠

    糠

    不可数

    To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.

  2. 2.

    Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

    不可数
  3. 3.

    Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

    比喻 不可数
  4. 4.

    Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

    不可数
  5. 5.

    Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

    不可数 政治 军事
v.
  1. 1.

    To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language.

    取笑

    及物
  3. 3.

    To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

同义词 5

straw stalk husk stubble shuck

上位词 1

foil

下位词 1

bran
动词

同义词 4

kid josh jolly banter

上位词 10

ride bait rally tease rag cod twit taunt tantalize tantalise

相关短语

chaff engine chaff engines chaff cutter n. 切草机 chaff cutters prickly chaff flower separate the wheat from the chaff 分清良莠 sorting the wheat from the chaff sort the wheat from the chaff winnow the wheat from the chaff you can't catch old birds with chaff separates the wheat from the chaff separating the wheat from the chaff separated the wheat from the chaff winnow grain from chaff winnows grain from chaff

词源

From Middle English chaf, from Old English ċeaf, from Proto-West Germanic *kaf. Cognate with Scots caff, Saterland Frisian Sääf, West Frisian tsjêf, Dutch kaf, German Low German Kaff, regional German Kaff.

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