| 单词 | chaff |
| 释义 | chaff (once / 1318 pages) 1n 2n 3v The proverbial phrase "separate the wheat from the chaff" may not be terribly meaningful to you — unless you happen to be a grain farmer. The chaff is the husk surrounding a seed, the part of the grain that is generally thrown away. In cereal crops like rice, barley, oats, and wheat, the seed — the part of the plant that we eat — is surrounded by a husk. This waste material has been called chaff since the twelfth century at least, but the word has a long history as a metaphor meaning "objects and ideas of little or no value," as well. The Internet is full of misinformation as well as facts so you might have a hard time separating the wheat from the chaff. Their nasty comments are just a lot of chaff — don't even listen to them. WORD FAMILYchaff: chaffed, chaffing, chafflike, chaffs, chaffy USAGE EXAMPLESWhat both purveyors of fact and fiction agree on is that separating wheat from chaff in the intelligence business is very difficult. Seattle Times(Dec 07, 2016) Amaka would divide the rice into smaller portions to blow the chaff out afterward. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) Mencken mocked the earnestness of communities like Chautauqua; Lewis described this survey-course learning as “nothing but wind and chaff and ... the laughter of yokels.” New York Times(Nov 07, 2016) 1 n material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds 2Syn|Hypo|Hyper husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble bran broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting plant material, plant substance material derived from plants n foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure 3Hyper foil a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal v be silly or tease one another Syn|Hyper banter, jolly, josh, kid bait, cod, rag, rally, razz, ride, tantalise, tantalize, taunt, tease, twit harass with persistent criticism or carping |
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