Chaff

(noun.) foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure.

(noun.) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.

录入:威廉敏娜

• Drat him, give him a meal of chaff! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.
• We thresh fascists today,' said one, 'and out of the chaff comes the freedom of this pueblo. 欧内斯特·海明威. 丧钟为谁而鸣.
• If the cleaning of the grain and separating it from the chaff and dirt are not had in the threshing process, separate machines are employed for fanning and screening. 威廉·亨利·杜利特. 世纪发明.
• The truth was, it was a base fraud--a snare to trap the unwary--chaff to catch fledglings with. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Besides, I owed you a little mystification, Lestrade, for your chaff in the morning. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• Like a speeches of chaff. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• In the presence of Lord Decimus, to detain the host with chopping our dry chaff of law, was really too bad! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 小杜丽.

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