chaff
美[tʃæf] 英[tʃɑːf]
n. 谷壳;糠;揶揄
v. 开玩笑;戏弄
英英释义
Noun- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
- foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
Verb- be silly or tease one another;
"After we relaxed, we just kidded around"
例句
用作名词(n.)- The girl is winnowing the chaff from the corn.那个女孩正在簸去谷壳。
- An old bird is not to be caught with chaff.谷壳捉不到老鸟。
- They are sorting out the wheat from the chaff.他们正在把小麦从糠皮中拣出来。
用作动词(v.)- We often chaff him for his fear of his wife.我们常常拿他的怕老婆开玩笑。
- The boys chaff the french boy about his mistake in speaking English.男孩子们取笑那个法国孩子讲英语时出的错。