chaff 音标拼音: [tʃ'æf]
n . 谷壳,糠,揶揄
vt .
vi . 开玩笑,戏弄
谷壳,糠,揶揄开玩笑,戏弄
chaff n 1 :
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds [
synonym : {
chaff }, {
husk }, {
shuck }, {
stalk }, {
straw },
{
stubble }]
2 :
foil in thin strips ;
ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure v 1 :
be silly or tease one another ; "
After we relaxed ,
we just kidded around " [
synonym : {
kid }, {
chaff }, {
jolly }, {
josh },
{
banter }]
Chaff \
Chaff \,
n . [
AC .
ceaf ;
akin to D .
kaf ,
G .
kaff .]
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1 .
The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing ,
etc .
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So take the corn and leave the chaff behind .
--
Dryden .
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Old birds are not caught with caff . --
Old Proverb .
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2 .
Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character ;
the refuse part of anything .
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The chaff and ruin of the times . --
Shak .
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3 .
Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle .
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By adding chaff to his corn ,
the horse must take more time to eat it .
In this way chaff is very useful . --
Ywatt .
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4 .
Light jesting talk ;
banter ;
raillery .
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5 . (
Bot .)
The scales or bracts on the receptacle ,
which subtend each flower in the heads of many Composit [
ae ],
as the sunflower . --
Gray .
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{
Chaff cutter },
a machine for cutting ,
up straw ,
etc .,
into "
chaff "
for the use of cattle .
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Chaff \
Chaff \,
v .
i . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Chaffed };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Chaffing }.]
To use light ,
idle language by way of fun or ridicule ;
to banter .
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Chaff \
Chaff \,
v .
t .
To make fun of ;
to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language ;
to quiz .
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Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him .
--
Thackeray .
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A dozen honest fellows . . .
chaffed each other about their sweethearts . --
C .
Kingsley .
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198 Moby Thesaurus words for "
chaff ":
afterglow ,
afterimage ,
air ,
aluminum foil ,
badinage ,
balance ,
banter ,
bark ,
barrack ,
bones ,
bran ,
bric -
a -
brac ,
bubble ,
butt ,
butt end ,
candle ends ,
capsule ,
case ,
cattle ,
chicken feed ,
chickenshit ,
chip ,
cobweb ,
cork ,
corn shuck ,
cornhusk ,
culm ,
cut at ,
deadwood ,
debris ,
details ,
detritus ,
dig at ,
dishwater ,
down ,
draff ,
dregs ,
dregs of society ,
dump on ,
dust ,
end ,
ether ,
exchange ,
fag end ,
fairy ,
feather ,
filings ,
fleer ,
flout ,
flue ,
fluff ,
foam ,
fooling ,
fooling around ,
fossil ,
froth ,
fun ,
fuzz ,
garbage ,
gash ,
gibe ,
gimcrackery ,
give -
and -
take ,
good -
natured banter ,
gossamer ,
harmless teasing ,
haze ,
hogwash ,
holdover ,
hull ,
husk ,
husks ,
jab ,
jab at ,
jacket ,
jape ,
jeer ,
jest ,
jive ,
joke ,
joking ,
jolly ,
josh ,
joshing ,
kid ,
kidding ,
kidding around ,
knickknackery ,
leavings ,
lees ,
leftovers ,
minutiae ,
mock ,
mote ,
needle ,
odds and ends ,
offal ,
offscourings ,
offscum ,
orts ,
palea ,
parings ,
peanuts ,
peel ,
persiflage ,
pleasantry ,
pod ,
pooh ,
pooh -
pooh ,
potsherds ,
put down ,
put on ,
raff ,
rag ,
ragging ,
rags ,
rail at ,
raillery ,
rally ,
rallying ,
rank out ,
raspings ,
razz ,
refuse ,
relics ,
remainder ,
remains ,
remnant ,
residue ,
residuum ,
rest ,
revile ,
rib ,
ride ,
ridicule ,
riffraff ,
rind ,
roach ,
roast ,
rubbish ,
ruins ,
rump ,
sawdust ,
scoff ,
scourings ,
scout ,
scrap iron ,
scraps ,
scum ,
shadow ,
shards ,
shavings ,
shell ,
shuck ,
skin ,
slack ,
slag ,
slam ,
slap at ,
slop ,
slops ,
small beer ,
small change ,
sneer ,
sneer at ,
sordes ,
sponge ,
sport ,
spume ,
straw ,
stubble ,
stump ,
survival ,
sweepings ,
swill ,
swinish multitude ,
swipe ,
tares ,
taunt ,
tease ,
teasing ,
thistledown ,
tinfoil ,
trace ,
trash ,
trifles ,
trivia ,
trumpery ,
twit ,
twitting ,
vermin ,
vestige ,
wastage ,
waste ,
waste matter ,
wastepaper ,
weeds ,
window
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