chaff
英 [tʃɑːf; tʃæf]
美[tʃæf]
- n. 糠；谷壳；无价值的东西
- vi. 开玩笑；打趣
- vt. 开玩笑；逗趣
中文词源
chaff 谷壳
来自PIE*gep, 咬，咀嚼，词源同jaw, jowl.
英英释意
- 1. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- 2. foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
英文词源
- 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.
词组搭配
separate (或 sort) the wheat from the chaff
distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones
去芜存菁，区分好坏
实用场景例句
- It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- 分清良莠并不总是很容易。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- The second is that 35 years winnowed the technological wheat from the chaff.
- 其次,35年以来,技术上已经日臻完善.
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- Frederick the Great was too old a bird to be caught with chaff.
- 腓德烈大帝是个不易上当的老奸巨滑.
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- There is no wheat without chaff.
- 凡麦无不有壳.
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- She stood there winnowing chaff all day in the field.
- 她一整天站在地里筛糠.
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- 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.
《简明英汉词典》
- Make them like tumbleweed , O my God, like chaff before the wind.
- 我的神阿,求你叫他们像旋风的尘土, 像风前的碎秸.
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- 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.
辞典例句
- Pieces of chaff or straw that fall from hay.
- 干草屑从干草中撒落出来的草屑或麦秸.
期刊摘选
- How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?
- 他们何尝像风前的碎秸, 如暴风刮去的糠秕 呢 ?
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- The ungodly are not so: but are like chaff which the wind driveth away.
- 恶人并不是这样,乃像糠秕被风吹散.
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- The wicked are not so, But they are like chaff which the wind drives away.
- 诗1:4恶人并不是这样 、 像糠秕被风吹散.
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- Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
- 有经验的人不易受骗上当.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- Not a soul among us needs to be in that cloud of chaff.
- 我们中没有一个人需要留在糠秕的烟云里.
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- An old bird is not to be caught with chaff.
- 谷壳捉不到老鸟.
《简明英汉词典》
- The girl is winnowing the chaff from the corn.
- 那个女孩正在簸去谷壳.
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- I didn't mind their chaff.
- 我不在乎他们的玩笑.
辞典例句
- I will scatter you like chaff driven by the desert wind.
- 所以我必用旷野的风吹散他们,像吹过的碎秸一样.
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- Take this rice chaff back to feed the draught animals.
- 这些谷糠拿回去喂牲口吧.
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- Are they as straw before the wind, And like chaff which the storm carries away?
- 伯21:18他们何尝像风前的碎秸 、 暴风刮去的糠秕 呢 .
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- The MG can launch chaff and flare when needed.
- MG型 可使用金属箔条和红外诱饵曳光弹.
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- They are sifting the wheat from the chaff.
- 他们正往外筛麦壳子.
辞典例句
- He is not a child. I don't think he will be caught with chaff.
- 他不是个孩子, 我想他不会轻易上当的.
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- Will you chase after dry chaff?
- 要追赶枯乾的碎稓 吗 ?
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- Therefore I will scatter them like chaff driven By the wind of the wilderness.
- 24所以我必使他们四散,像碎秸被旷野的风吹走一样.
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- Mr Adams is a shrewd man, he is not to be caught with chaff.
- 亚当斯先生是个机灵人, 不容易上当.
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- Old birds are not to be canght with chaff.
- 秕糠捉不到老鸟;老练的人不易上圈套.
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- The coating process affecting the radiating capacity of chaff is analyzed.
- 涂敷稠度相同的烟火药,涂层厚的箔片辐射强度偏高.
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- Sift out the wheat from the chaff.
- 把小麦的壳筛出来.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- 分清良莠并不总是很容易。
柯林斯例句