单词 | chaff |
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. |
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