Chaff
[ tʃɑ:f ]
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n. 谷壳;逗弄;切碎的干草或稻草;无价值的东西;
vt. 打趣，开玩笑;
📝 例句
The boys chaffed the French boy about his mistakes in speaking English.
男孩子们取笑那个法国孩子讲英语时出的错。
The neighbors' suspicions were chaff of the lowest sort based on gossip.
邻居们因流言蜚语而产生怀疑,这是最无聊不过的事了。
Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
有经验的人不易受骗上当。
The neighbors' suspicions were chaff of the lowest sort based on gossip.
邻居们因流言蜚语而产生怀疑,这是最无聊不过的事了。
chaff; husk
糠
🌱 联想助记
【记】※ chaf-chafe摩擦,f-拼音“肤”:把谷物的皮肤摩擦掉就是谷壳
※ cha-拼“查”,ff-拼音“发疯”:查看那两只发疯的鹅为什么要吃谷壳
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
chaff
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.
chaff 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. chaff, n [U]
good-natured teasing or joking （善意的）戏弄或玩笑.
🔁 扩展释义
*[tʃæf]n. 谷壳, 糠, 揶揄vt. 开玩笑, 戏弄vi. 开玩笑, 戏弄【电】 杂屑器相关词组: be caught with chaff
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📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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The cradle will rock.
摇篮跟着晃。
We are thinking of expanding into the Chinese market.
我们想把生意扩大到中国市场。
Storms make trees take deeper roots.
风暴使树林深深扎根。