【chaff】 - A-level备考词汇

chaff

US:  [tʃæf]

过去分词：chaffed  现在分词：chaffing  第三人称单数：chaffs  

n.

1.戏弄,开玩笑〔多指无恶意的〕

2.粗糠,禾壳,切细的稻草[饲料],秣,麻杆碎屑,废物

3.不值钱的假货

4.箔条,箔片,(干扰雷达的)金属碎箔

5.干扰箔

v.

1.戏弄,开玩笑〔多指无恶意的〕,打趣

2.切碎

1 . Milo watched Doris sit down in front of the keyboard. Inside of a minute she began isolating data, separating the wheat from the chaff.
米洛看着多丽丝坐在键盘前，不到一分钟她已经开始剥离数据，试图从中找出有价值的部分。

2 . And he who falls on this stone shall be broken to pieces; but on whomever it falls, it shall crush him to powder and scatter him like chaff.
那跌在这石头上的，必要跌碎；这石头掉在谁身上，就要把谁砸得粉碎，簸散如糠秕。

3 . Perhaps, however, Mr MacAskill's moralising is merely rhetorical chaff, thrown up to disguise the realpolitik that lay behind the release.
但是，迈克阿斯克尔先生的布道或许仅仅是仓促间为掩饰背后的现实政治而做的官样文章。

4 . That way, the chaff could be used to produce biofuel for transport and the wheat could be used for people.
这样说来，谷壳就能被用于生产运输用的生物燃料，而小麦则用于制造人的日用食品。

5 . The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind drived away.
4邪恶的人不是这样：他们像糠秕被风吹散。