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chaff n.谷壳,糠,愚弄 v.戏弄,开玩笑 In cereal crops like rice, barley, oats, and wheat, the seed — the part of the plant that we eat — is surrounded by a husk. This waste material has been called chaff since the twelfth century at least, but the word has a long history as a metaphor meaning "objects and ideas of little or no value," as well. The Internet is full of misinformation as well as facts so you might have a hard time separating the wheat from the chaff. Their nasty comments are just a lot of chaff — don't even listen to them. 1[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]谷糠；麸皮 Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat. It is removed before the grain is used as food. 2[PHRASE 短语]分清良莠；去芜存菁 If you separate the wheat from the chaff or sort the wheat from the chaff, you decide which people or things in a group are good or important and which are not.   [V inflects]It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff.分清良莠并不总是很容易。

Accepted Answer

[tʃa:f; tʃæf] The proverbial phrase "separate the wheat from the chaff" may not be terribly meaningful to you — unless you happen to be a grain farmer. Then, it is good to know that chaff is the husk surrounding a seed, and that it is generally thrown away. ☆☆☆☆☆

英语单词	chaff
英美音标	[tʃa:f; tʃæf]
中文释义	n.谷壳,糠,愚弄 v.戏弄,开玩笑
vocabulary简明	The proverbial phrase "separate the wheat from the chaff" may not be terribly meaningful to you — unless you happen to be a grain farmer. Then, it is good to know that chaff is the husk surrounding a seed, and that it is generally thrown away.
vocabulary扩展	In cereal crops like rice, barley, oats, and wheat, the seed — the part of the plant that we eat — is surrounded by a husk. This waste material has been called chaff since the twelfth century at least, but the word has a long history as a metaphor meaning "objects and ideas of little or no value," as well. The Internet is full of misinformation as well as facts so you might have a hard time separating the wheat from the chaff. Their nasty comments are just a lot of chaff — don't even listen to them.
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柯林斯解释	1 [N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]谷糠；麸皮 Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat. It is removed before the grain is used as food. 2 [PHRASE 短语]分清良莠；去芜存菁 If you separate the wheat from the chaff or sort the wheat from the chaff, you decide which people or things in a group are good or important and which are not. [V inflects] It isn't always easy to separate the wheat from the chaff. 分清良莠并不总是很容易。

Chaff Wheat Grain Good Part Separate Tʃa:F Tʃæf