chaff

[tʃɑ:f]

n.谷壳, 糠, 揶揄
v.开玩笑, 戏弄

例句与用法：

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

We have to sift through the application forms very carefully to separate the wheat from the chaff.

我们得把申请书仔细筛选一下以甄别优劣。

The girl is winnowing the chaff from the corn.

那个女孩正在簸去谷壳。

词形变化：

形容词: chaffy | 动词过去式: chaffed | 动词过去分词: chaffed | 动词现在分词: chaffing | 动词第三人称单数: chaffs |

详细释义：

n.[C]

1. 粗糠, 谷壳

2. (切细的)草料, 秣

3. 无价值的东西, 废物

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。

4. (干扰雷达用的)金属箔片

n.

玩笑, 逗趣[U]

I didn't mind their chaff.

我不在乎他们的玩笑。

vt.

戏弄, 逗弄

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。

vi.

开玩笑, 打趣