chaff的意思|示意
n. 糠；谷壳；无价值的东西
vi. 开玩笑；打趣
vt. 开玩笑；逗趣
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chaff的用法详解
英语单词chaff的用法讲解
chaff是一个具有古老历史和传统意义的单词，它起源于古代用来指代乡村收割后留下的空秆或谷壳类似物。它一开始是与农业有关的词汇，但如今也有其他意义。
在英语语言中，chaff的意思是无价值的东西或话语，也可以理解为不重要的，不受重视的，无聊的，或实际价值不太高的东西。也有人将chaff的含义扩展到不断发出无意义的、不重要的或充满虚言的话语时，也被称为“chaffing”。
因此，我们可以用chaff来指代有时人们会消耗时间、精力去做的事情，但最终却没有任何实质性成果。我们还可以用chaff指代有时人们会在十几分钟、几个小时或者几天后发现它们没有任何价值或实质性收获的尝试。
例句：
1. His talk was full of chaff, with few meaningful points.
2. Don't waste your time on chaff.
3. He chaffed about the poor quality of the food.
4. He was chaffing away when I entered the room.
chaff相关短语
1、 be caught with chaff 易受欺骗
chaff相关例句
The neighbors'suspicions were chaff of the lowest sort based on gossip.
邻居们因流言蜚语而产生怀疑,这是最无聊不过的事了.
辞典例句
How often are they like straw before the wind, like chaff swept away by a gale?
他们何尝像风前的碎秸, 如暴风刮去的糠秕 呢 ?
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Frederick the Great was too old a bird to be caught with chaff.
腓德烈大帝是个不易上当的老奸巨滑.
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An old bird is not to be caught with chaff.
谷壳捉不到老鸟.
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Mr Adams is a shrewd man, he is not to be caught with chaff.
亚当斯先生是个机灵人, 不容易上当.
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He is not a child. I don't think he will be caught with chaff.
他不是个孩子, 我想他不会轻易上当的.
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