chaff

英 [tʃɑːf]      美 [tʃæf]
  • n. 糠;谷壳;无价值的东西
  • vi. 开玩笑;打趣
  • vt. 开玩笑;逗趣
星级词汇:
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将“chaff”与“chafe”联系起来记忆,两者发音相似。想象农场上将谷物(chaff)与麦子(wheat)分离时,农人会用手(hand)摩擦(chafe)谷物,去除外壳(chaff),以此来记忆“chaff”的含义。

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chaff 谷壳

来自PIE*gep, 咬,咀嚼,词源同jaw, jowl.

chaff (n.)
"husks," Old English ceaf "chaff," probably from Proto-Germanic *kaf- "to gnaw, chew" (cognates: Middle Dutch and Dutch kaf, German Kaff), from PIE root *gep(h)- "jaw, mouth" (see jowl (n.1)). Used figuratively for "worthless material" from late 14c.
1. It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
分清良莠并不总是很容易。
2. An old bird is not to be caught with chaff.
谷壳捉不到老鸟.
3. Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
有经验的人不易受骗上当.
4. Sift out the wheat from the chaff.
把小麦的壳筛出来.
5. When all the applications came in, our first task was to separate the wheat from the chaff.
当所有申请表送来的时候, 我们第一项任务是区分优劣.

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