记忆方法
将“chaff”与“chafe”联系起来记忆，两者发音相似。想象农场上将谷物（chaff）与麦子（wheat）分离时，农人会用手（hand）摩擦（chafe）谷物，去除外壳（chaff），以此来记忆“chaff”的含义。
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词族 · chaff
中文词源
chaff 谷壳
来自PIE*gep, 咬，咀嚼，词源同jaw, jowl.
英语词源
- chaff (n.)
- "husks," Old English ceaf "chaff," probably from Proto-Germanic *kaf- "to gnaw, chew" (cognates: Middle Dutch and Dutch kaf, German Kaff), from PIE root *gep(h)- "jaw, mouth" (see jowl (n.1)). Used figuratively for "worthless material" from late 14c.
权威例句
- 1. It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- 分清良莠并不总是很容易。
- 2. An old bird is not to be caught with chaff.
- 谷壳捉不到老鸟.
- 3. Old birds are not to be caught with chaff.
- 有经验的人不易受骗上当.
- 4. Sift out the wheat from the chaff.
- 把小麦的壳筛出来.
- 5. When all the applications came in, our first task was to separate the wheat from the chaff.
- 当所有申请表送来的时候, 我们第一项任务是区分优劣.