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chaff

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UK [tʃɑːf]
  • n.箔条；开玩笑〔多指无恶意的〕；麻杆碎屑；不值钱的假货
  • v.戏弄；切碎
  • Web谷壳；糠；米糠
Past Participle：chaffed  Present Participle：chaffing  Simple Present：chaffs  

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chaff
n.
1.
谷壳；糠the outer covering of the seeds of grain such as wheat , which is separated from the grain before it is eaten
2.
（作为牛饲料的）麦秸，干草straw (= dried stems of wheat ) and hay (= dried grass) cut up as food for cows
v.
1.
~ sb
（友善地）开玩笑，取笑，打趣to make jokes about sb in a friendly way

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Definition:
AllAll,箔条箔条,开玩笑〔多指无恶意的〕开玩笑〔多指无恶意的〕,麻杆碎屑麻杆碎屑,不值钱的假货不值钱的假货,戏弄戏弄,切碎切碎,谷壳谷壳,糠糠,米糠米糠
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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。
mǐ luò kàn zhe duō lì sī zuò zài jiàn pán qián , bù dào yī fēn zhōng tā yǐ jīng kāi shǐ bō lí shù jù , shì tú cóng zhōng zhǎo chū yǒu jià zhí de bù fen 。
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2.
We often chaff him for his fear of his wife.
我们常常拿他的怕老婆开玩笑。
wǒ men cháng cháng ná tā de pà lǎo pó kāi wán xiào 。
3.
"I should have thought you could stand a bit of good-natured chaff by now, " he replied.
他说：“我以为你至今为止能受得了出于善意的小小戏弄。”
tā shuō : " wǒ yǐ wéi nǐ zhì jīn wéi zhǐ néng shòu de liǎo chū yú shàn yì de xiǎo xiǎo xì nòng 。 "
4.
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。
nà diē zài zhè shí tou shàng de , bì yào diē suì ; zhè shí tou diào zài shuí shēn shàng , jiù yào bǎ shuí zá de fěn suì , bǒ sǎn rú kāng bǐ 。
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5.
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。
dàn shì , mài kè ā sī kè ěr xiān sheng de bù dào huò xǔ jǐn jǐn shì cāng cù jiān wèi yǎn shì bèi hòu de xiàn shí zhèng zhì ér zuò de guān yàng wén zhāng 。
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6.
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。
zhè yàng shuō lái , gǔ ké jiù néng bèi yòng yú shēng chǎn yùn shū yòng de shēng wù rán liào , ér xiǎo mài zé yòng yú zhì zào rén de rì yòng shí pǐn 。
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7.
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。
sì xié è de rén bú shì zhè yàng : tā men xiàng kāng bǐ bèi fēng chuī sǎn 。
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8.
The other day I talked about the word garble and explained that at first it was used to mean to sort the wheat from the chaff.
以前我解释过garble（混淆）这个词，它最早的意思是将小麦从碎谷壳里分离出来。
yǐ qián wǒ jiě shì guò garble ( hùn xiáo ) zhè ge cí , tā zuì zǎo de yì si shì jiāng xiǎo mài cóng suì gǔ ké lǐ fēn lí chū lái 。
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9.
Let them be as chaff before the wind: and let the angel of the LORD chase them.
愿他们像风前的糠，有耶和华的使者赶逐他们。
yuàn tā men xiàng fēng qián de kāng , yǒu yē hé huá de shǐ zhě gǎn zhú tā men 。
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10.
The channeling that Ashtar gave us on the Saturday following the retreat is called SEPARATION OF WHEAT FROM CHAFF IS HAPPENING.
在星期六阿斯塔给予我们的通灵下述的再康复是被称为小麦从谷壳分离事件。
zài xīng qī liù ā sī tǎ jǐ yǔ wǒ men de tōng líng xià shù de zài kāng fù shì bèi chēng wéi xiǎo mài cóng gǔ ké fēn lí shì jiàn 。
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