chaff
/tʃæf/ (bre, ipa) · [tʃˈæf] /tʃæf/ (ame, ipa) · [tʃˈæf] /ˈchaf How to pronounce chaff (audio)/ (ame, mw) · /tʃɑːf/ (bre, ipa)
chaff — 名詞
1. the dry covering around wheat and similar seeds, removed during processing and u
穀殼
穀粒脫下後的外皮
the dry covering around wheat and similar seeds, removed during processing and usually thrown away.
Dust rose as workers blew chaff away from the wheat.
工人把小麥裡的穀殼吹開時，揚起了一陣灰塵。
separate chaff from wheat
The old machine shook out chaff before the grain reached sacks.
穀粒進袋前，那台老機器會先把穀殼抖出來。
Aoi swept the chaff into a pile beside the barn door.
Aoi 把穀殼掃成一堆，堆在穀倉門旁。
After the harvest, light chaff drifted across the yard in the wind.
收成後，輕輕的穀殼隨風飄過院子。
用法筆記
Usually refers to the unwanted outer material removed from grain. Distinguish from sense 2, which is chopped plant matter kept and fed to animals.
2. a chopped mix of hay and straw that farmers give to cattle and other animals to
草料
切碎後餵牲畜的乾草
a chopped mix of hay and straw that farmers give to cattle and other animals to eat.
Bilal mixed chopped chaff with water for the calves at dawn.
Bilal 天一亮就把切碎的草料拌水餵小牛。
chaff as prepared animal feed
The farmer stored chaff in dry bins behind the cattle shed.
農夫把草料放進牛棚後方的乾燥儲槽裡。
Marta carried a bucket of chaff to the hungry cows.
Marta 提著一桶草料去餵那些飢餓的牛。
During winter, the cows ate chaff when fresh grass was scarce.
冬天沒什麼鮮草時，牛群就吃草料。
用法筆記
This older farm sense is about feed prepared for animals, not the discarded grain covering in sense 1. It usually appears in agricultural writing or historical contexts.
chaff — 動詞
- chaffpresent simple I / you / we / they
- chaffs3rd person singular
- chaffing-ing form
- chaffedpast simple
1. to joke about someone in a playful way, often by saying things that lightly emba
取笑；逗弄
開玩笑地拿人開涮
to joke about someone in a playful way, often by saying things that lightly embarrass them.
Reuben liked to chaff Ari about the bright orange football boots.
Reuben 喜歡拿 Ari 那雙亮橘色足球鞋取笑他。
chaff + person + about + thing
Yael and Rohan chaffed Sofie after the tea spilled on stage.
Yael 和 Rohan 在茶灑到台上後，就一直逗弄 Sofie。
friendly teasing after a mistake
At lunch, Ayana chaffed Vinicius for bringing two umbrellas to school.
午餐時，Ayana 取笑 Vinicius 帶了兩把雨傘來學校。
Christopher never chaffs new students until they know he is joking.
Christopher 不會取笑新生，除非對方知道他是在開玩笑。
In the taxi queue, Marta chaffed the drummer about missing rehearsal again.
在排計程車時，Marta 拿鼓手又錯過彩排這件事來逗他。
文法句型
chaff + person
chaff + person + about + something
用法筆記
Usually informal and directed at someone the speaker knows. Distinguish from mock, which often sounds sharper and less friendly than chaff.