n.谷壳;糠;揶揄
v.开玩笑;戏弄
The girl is winnowing the chaff from the corn. 那个女孩正在簸去谷壳。
An old bird is not to be caught with chaff. 谷壳捉不到老鸟。
They are sorting out the wheat from the chaff. 他们正在把小麦从糠皮中拣出来。
用作动词 (v.)We often chaff him for his fear of his wife. 我们常常拿他的怕老婆开玩笑。
The boys chaff the french boy about his mistake in speaking English. 男孩子们取笑那个法国孩子讲英语时出的错。