chaff

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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

单词词源

chaff 谷壳

来自PIE*gep, 咬,咀嚼,词源同jaw, jowl.

双语例句

1. Anthologize can 't separate the wheat from the chaff , but it can bring the best to us .
anthologize不能将小麦从谷壳中分开,但是它可以将最好的带给我们。
2. The other day I talked about the word garble and explained that at first it was used to mean to sort the wheat from the chaff .
以前我解释过garble(混淆)这个词,它最早的意思是将小麦从碎谷壳里分离出来。
3. Mr jobs had an uncanny knack of winnowing out the wheat from the mountains of chaff .
乔布斯有着不可思议的、能从一堆糟糠中挑出小麦的本领。
4. That has helped sort the wheat from the chaff : on january 11th bbc wales produced the first league table for a decade using the banding data . Mr andrews wants to extend the exercise to primary schools in the coming months .
这就帮助将“小麦从从麸糠中分离出来”(将好的学校挑出来):1月11日bbc威尔士板块整理出十年来运用档次数据所分析的学校排名。

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