| 释义 |
chaff BrE /tʃɑːf/
NAmE /tʃæf/●sort out/separate the ˌwheat from the ˈchaffseparate people or things of a better quality from those of a lower quality 识别优劣；分清好坏；去芜存菁◆When all the applications came in, our first task was to separate the wheat from the chaff.当所有申请表送来的时候，我们第一项任务是进行筛选。 NOTE Chaff is the outer covering of the seeds of grain such as wheat, which is separated from the grain before it is used. * chaff（糠）是诸如小麦（wheat）等谷物的种子的外壳，使用之前需与谷物分离。 |
