chaff
英 [t?ɑ?f; t??f]
美[t??f]
- n. 糠；谷殼；無價值的東西
- vi. 開玩笑；打趣
- vt. 開玩笑；逗趣
GRE擴展詞匯
中文詞源
chaff 谷殼
來自PIE*gep, 咬，咀嚼，詞源同jaw, jowl.
英文詞源
- 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.
雙語例句
- 1. It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- 分清良莠并不總是很容易。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. An old bird is not to be caught with chaff.
- 谷殼捉不到老鳥.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
- 有經驗的人不易受騙上當.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. Sift out the wheat from the chaff.
- 把小麥的殼篩出來.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. When all the applications came in, our first task was to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- 當所有申請表送來的時候, 我們第一項任務是區分優劣.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》