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chaff
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chaff /fʃɑ:f/
  • danh từ
    • trấu, vỏ (hột)
    • rơm ra, bằm nhỏ (cho súc vật ăn)
    • (nghĩa bóng) cái rơm rác, vật vô giá trị
    • (hàng không) mảnh (kim loại thả xuống để) nhiễu xạ
    • to be caught with chaff
      • bị lừa bịp một cách dễ dàng
    • to catch with chaff
      • đánh lừa một cách dễ dàng
    • a grain of wheat in a bushel of chaff
      • cố gắng mà kết quả chẳng ra sao, công dã tràng
  • ngoại động từ
    • băm (rơm rạ)
    • danh từ
      • lời nói đùa, lời nói giỡn, lời bỡn cợt, lời chế giễu, lời giễu cợt
      • ngoại động từ
        • nói đùa, nói giỡn, bỡn cợt, chế giễu, giễu cợt
      Concise Dictionary
      chaffs|chaffed|chaffingtʃɑːf
      noun
      +material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
      +foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
      verb
      +be silly or tease one another
      Thesaurus Dictionary
      n.
      1 banter, raillery, ridicule, badinage, joking, teasing, twitting, Colloq kidding, ragging, Chiefly US and Canadian joshing:
      After the speech, he had to put up with a lot of good-natured chaff from the audience.
      v.
      2 banter, tease, twit, rail at, Colloq kid, rag, Chiefly US and Canadian josh:
      When he was in the navy, his family chaffed him for having a girl in every port.
      Advanced English Dictionary
      noun, verb
      + noun [U]
      1 the outer covering of the seeds of grain such as wheat, which is separated from the grain before it is eaten
      2 STRAW (= the dried stems of wheat) and HAY (= dried grass) cut up as food for cows
      Idioms see WHEAT
      + verb [VN] (old-fashioned or formal) to make jokes about sb in a friendly way
      Synonym: TEASE


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