chaff
/t͡ʃæf/ 名词 C2中文： 秕糠、谷壳、谷糠、糠
- The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. · To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff.
- Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
- Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
- Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
- Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.
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But when the war was over, he only allowed him chaff to eat and made him carry heavy loads of wood, subjecting him to much slavish drudgery and ill-treatment.
Besides, I owed you a little mystification, Lestrade, for your chaff in the morning.”
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