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
🌿 同词根单词
📖 同为「GRE」词汇
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I'm very sorry.
非常抱歉。
Wouldn't I know?
我还会不知道吗？
In a short time I was busy mixing butter and flour and my hands were soon covered with sticky pastry.
不一会儿我就忙着调拌起了黄油和面粉，很快我的手上就沾满了粘粘的面糊。